Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 023010147X
- ISBN-13
- 9780230101470
- Series
- Behind Bars
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-11-23
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- S. Oboler
Description
This book addresses the complex issue of incarceration of Latino/as and offers a comprehensive overview of such topics as deportations in historical context, a case study of latino/a resistance to prisons in the 70s, the issues of youth and and girls prisons, and the post incarceration experience.
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