Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice
Voices from El Barrio
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19902610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juanita Díaz‐cotto (corresponding author), Juanita Diaz-Cotto |
| Year | 2006 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7560/712720 |
| OpenAlex | W4246275222 |
| Open Library | OL34879422M |
| ISBN | 9781477305959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
This first comprehensive study of Chicanas encountering the U.S. criminal justice system is set within the context of the international war on drugs as witnessed at street level in Chicana/o barrios. Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice uses oral history to chronicle the lives of twenty-four Chicana pintas (prisoners/former prisoners) repeatedly arrested and incarcerated for non-violent, low-level economic and drug-related crimes. It also provides the first documentation of the thirty-four-year history of Sybil Brand Institute, Los Angeles' former women's jail. In a time and place where drug war policies target people of color and their communities, drug-addicted Chicanas are caught up in an endless cycle of police abuse, arrest, and incarceration. They feel the impact of mandatory sentencing laws, failing social services and endemic poverty, violence, racism, and gender discrimination. The women in this book frankly discuss not only their jail experiences, but also their family histories, involvement with gangs, addiction to drugs, encounters with the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and their successful and unsuccessful attempts to recover from addiction and reconstitute fractured families. The Chicanas' stories underscore the amazing resilience and determination that have allowed many of the women to break the cycle of abuse. Díaz-Cotto also makes policy recommendations for those who come in contact with Chicanas/Latinas caught in the criminal justice system
Criminal justice · Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Latin American and Latino Studies · biography · California · Female offenders · Mexican american women · Social conditions · united states · Women · Women prisoners
Experiences of Interpersonal Violence and Criminal Legal Control
Criminal Legal Status and Health
I don’t want them investigating shit and taking my kids”
The Fire Inside
“I Fell Right into the Stereotype
Straddling the school-to-prison pipeline and gender non-conforming microaggressions as a Latina lesbian
Gender on the Run
Latinas/os and US Prisons
Latinas in US Juvenile Detention
Formerly Incarcerated Women Speak Out
Incarcerated Girls, Criminal Pathways and Multiple Forms of Abuse
Returning to Motherhood
Trends in Women's Incarceration Rates in US Prisons and Jails
Chicana(O)/Latina(O) Prisoners
Latinas in the Criminal Justice System
The Latina penalty
Managing Organizational Emotions
A Life Lived”
Figuring Things Out
When Femininity Is Irrelevant
Intersectional Criminalization
A Culture of Masculinity or Survival? Gendered Perspectives of Violence among Incarcerated Youth
Latina Fortitude in the Face of Disadvantage
In and Out of Crisis
Intersectional Criminology
It’s Like Everyone’s Trying to Put Pills in You
The New Juan Crow? Unpacking the Links Between Discrimination and Crime for Latinxs
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |