Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-To-Prison Pipeline

by Crystal T. Laura

Book Overview

Being Bad will change the way you think about the social and academic worlds of Black boys. In a poignant and harrowing journey from systems of education to systems of criminal justice, the author follows her brother, Chris, who has been designated a "bad kid" by his school, a "person of interest" by the police, and a "gangster" by society. Readers first meet Chris in a Chicago jail, where he is being held in connection with a string of street...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807755966
• ISBN13: 9780807755969
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"