Brown and blue Mexican Americans, law enforcement, and civil rights in the Southwest, 1935-2025 / Brian D. Behnken.
| Author/creator | Behnken, Brian D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025] |
| Description | xviii, 332 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
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| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Contents | Pachucos and police: Mexican Americans and law enforcement at midcentury -- Like killing a dog: the struggle to end police violence against Chicano movement participants -- Blood on their hands: the Chicano response to police violence against non-movement Mexican Americans -- Cruel and unusual: strange cases of abuse, activism, and reform -- Custodial situations: Mexican Americans confront the carceral state -- A better day coming? The Chicano movement and local-level criminal justice reform -- The hidden eighties: protest and retrenchment in a militant decade -- No justice, no peace: the problem of policing from the 1990s to today. |
| Abstract | "This sweeping history tells a story of fits and starts of Mexican Americans' interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the US Southwest. Looking at primarily Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, it tells a complex story: that violent, often racist acts committed by police against Mexican American people sparked protests demanding reform, and criminal justice authorities frequently responded positively to these protests with reforms such as recruiting Mexican Americans into local police forces or altering training procedures at police academies. Brian D. Behnken demonstrates the central role that the struggle for police reform played in the twentieth-century Chicano movement, whose relevance continues today. By linking social activism and law enforcement, Behnken illuminates how the policing issues of today developed and what reform remains to be done"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-318) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025029693 |
| ISBN | 9781469690698 cloth alk. paper |
| ISBN | 9781469690704 paperback alk. paper |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |