Victor M Rios: 2 books
Human Targets
Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
At fifteen, Victor Rios found himself a human target—flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street. Faced with the choice of escalating a drug turf war or eking out a living elsewhere, he turned to a teacher, who mentored him and helped him find a job...
Punished
Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Honorable Mention, 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems
2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association
2012 Finalist, C. Wright Mills Book Award presented by the...