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Punished : policing the lives of Black and Latino boys /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rios, Victor M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2011]
Series:New perspectives in crime, deviance, and law series.
Subjects:
Punishment > California > Oakland.
African American boys > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Hispanic American boys > California > Oakland > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I: Hypercriminalization
  • 1. Dreams deferred : the patterns of punishment in Oakland
  • 2. The flatlands of Oakland and the youth control complex
  • 3. The labeling hype : coming of age in the era of mass incarceration
  • 4. The coupling of Criminal Justice and community institutions
  • pt. II: Consequences
  • 5. "Dummy smart" : misrecognition, acting out, and "going dumb"
  • 6. Proving manhood : masculinity as a rehabilitative tool
  • 7. Guilty by association : acting white or acting lawful?
  • Conclusion: Toward a youth support complex
  • Appendix: Beyond Jungle-Book tropes.