Punished : Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
ISBN: 9780814776384 | 0814776388
Format: PaperbackPublisher: New York Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 6/27/2011
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Victor Rios grew up in the ghetto of Oakland, California in the 1908s and 90s. A former gang member and juvenile delinquent, Rios managed to escape the bleak outcome of many of his friends and earned a PhD at Berkeley and returned to his hometown to study how inner city young Latino and African American boys develop their sense of self in the midst of crime and intense policing. Punishedexamines the difficult lives of these young men, who now face punitive policies in their schools, communities, and a world where they are constantly policed and... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Hypercriminalization | |
| Dreams Deferred: The Patterns of Punishment in Oakland | p. 3 |
| The Flatlands of Oakland and the Youth Control Complex | p. 24 |
| The Labeling Hype: Coming of Age in the Era of Mass Incarceration | p. 43 |
| The Coupling of Criminal Justice and Community Institutions | p. 74 |
| Consequences | |
| ô... MORE | p. 97 |
| Proving Manhood: Masculinity as a Rehabilitative Tool | p. 124 |
| Guilty by Association: Acting White or Acting Lawful? | p. 142 |
| Conclusion: Toward a Youth Support Complex | p. 157 |
| Appendix: Beyond Jungle-Book Tropes | p. 169 |
| Notes | p. 175 |
| References | p. 193 |
| Index | p. 205 |
| About the Author | p. 218 |
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Victor M. Rios is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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