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Intro; HISPANICS IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Illustrations; Chapter 1- The Latino Condition in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Ethnicity, Diversity, Change, and Social Control; The Ethnic Experience Over Time: Emerging Trends and Issues; The Latino Community in Multiracial America: Ethnic Research in Historical Perspective; The Nature of Prior Investigations; Rationale for Writing This Book; Format of This Book; Chapter Outline; Summary; SECTION ONE- Hispanics and the American Police. |
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Chapter 2- The Historical Dynamics of Ethnicity in Law EnforcementDefining Race and Ethnicity; The Recognition of Ethnicity in Law Enforcement; Latinos and Clashes with the Police: A Brief History; Latinos and Policing Problems Today; Racial Profiling; Immigration; Deadly Force and Police Brutality; Latinos Inside Law Enforcement; Conclusions and Recommendations; Chapter 3- Policing The Barrios: Latinos and The American Police Over The Years; Early History of Latinos and Law Enforcement: 1823 to 1979; Contemporary Studies of Latinos and Law Enforcement: 1980 to 2010; Southwest and Southeast. |
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Midwest andNortheast currentt Trends in Policing: A Call for Change; Conclusion; Chapter 4- Critical Issues Facing Hispanic Defendants: From Detection to Arrest; Landmark Supreme Court Cases and Current Legislation; U.S. Policing Practices: From Detection to Arrest; Racial and Ethnic Profiling in Law Enforcement; Abuse and Brutality in Policing; The Dynamics of Police Discretion; Violation of Statutory, Constitutional, or International Rights; Conditions of Correctional Detention; Summary; Chapter 5- Immigration Lockdown: The Exclusion of Mexican Immigrants Through Legislation. |
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History of MexicanImmigration fromm Migrants to Immigrants; Lockdown Through Legislation; Federal Legislation; New Deportation Rules with Trump Presidency; Local and State Policies; Immigrant Detention and Its Consequences; Conclusion; SECTION TWO- Hispanics and the Judicial System; Chapter 6- Latino Police Officers: Policy, Practice, and Structural Hierarchies; Does it Matter if Officers are White, Black, or Latino?; Latino Officers and the Anti-Immigration Era; Discussion and Conclusion; Chapter 7- Historical and Contemporary Forces Governing Hispanic Criminal (In)Justice. |
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Repressive Practices Against Persons of Mexican Decent in the Borderlands of the American Southwest, 1848-1929; Internal Colonialism and Mexican Repression; Mexican Executions; Mexican Lynchings; Mexican Expulsions; Discussion and Conclusion; Chapter 8- Criminalizing Mexican Identity: Privilege, Power, and Identity Formation Over Time; Criminalization of Ethnic Identity; The Social Construction of Identity; The Social Construction of Criminal Identity; The Political Climate for Criminalizing Mexican Identity; The Legal Context for Criminalizing Mexican Identity; Discussion and Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
This updated and expanded new edition resumes the theme of the first edition, and the findings reveal that race, ethnicity, gender, class, and several other variables continue to play a significant and consequential role in the legal decision-making process. Section One explores the historical dynamics and influence of ethnicity in law enforcement, and focuses on how ethnicity impacts policing field practices, such as traffic stops, use of force, and the subsequent actions that police departments have employed to alleviate these problems. The history of immigration laws as it pertains to Mexic. |
| General note | Chapter 9- Latinos and Fourth Amendment Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizures. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Urbina, Martin Guevara. Hispanics in the U.S. Criminal Justice System : Ethnicity, Ideology, and Social Control. Springfield IL : Charles C Thomas, ©2018 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Statistics. |
| ISBN | 9780398092177 |
| ISBN | 0398092176 |
