Punished : policing the lives of Black and Latino boys /
The author discusses his background as a former gang member and juvenile delinquent in Oakland, California, during the 1980s and 1990s, details his efforts to study the lives of young men from his neighborhood after earning a PhD in sociology at Berkeley, and emphasizes the importance of understandi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
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| Summary: | The author discusses his background as a former gang member and juvenile delinquent in Oakland, California, during the 1980s and 1990s, details his efforts to study the lives of young men from his neighborhood after earning a PhD in sociology at Berkeley, and emphasizes the importance of understanding in order to develop solutions for young men who live in a culture of punishment. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 218 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814776377 (alk. paper) 081477637X (alk. paper) 9780814776384 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0814776388 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814777114 (e-book) 0814777112 (e-book) |