Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice Voices from el Barrio

Name: Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice Voices from el Barrio
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ISBN: 9780292713161

ISBN-10: 0292713169

ISBN-13: 9780292713161

Edition: 2006

Authors: Juanita Dï¿½az-Cotto, Juanita Dï¿½az-Cotto

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The author uses oral histories to chronicle the lives of 24 Chicana pintas (prisoners/former prisoners) repeatedly arrested and incarcerated for non-violent, low-level economic and drug-related crimes.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Juanita DÃaz-Cotto is Associate Professor of Sociology, Women's Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton.



List of Abbreviations


Glossary


Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Pre-incarceration Experiences



Latinas/os and the War on Drugs



Families and Early Experiences of Abuse



Youth Arrests and Placements



Barrios and Gangs



Addiction



Staying Alive: Hustling and Other Jobs



Adult Arrests



Police Harassment and Brutality



Courts and Consequences



Sybil Brand Institute for Women and Beyond



Sybil Brand Institute for Women: The Institutional Setting



The Keepers: Regime and Rule Enforcement



Programs and Services



Jailhouse Economy



Living Together: Prisoner Alliances and Hostilities



Gender, Sexuality, and Family Kinship Networks



Outside Looking In: Third Parties



Prisoner Complaints and Resistance



Picking Up the Pieces



Concluding Remarks and Reflections



Sociodemographic Characteristics of Chicana Pintas Interviewed



Most Frequent Offenses Leading to Arrest


Notes


Reference List


About the Author