Gringo Justice

by Alfredo Mirande

Book Overview

Gringo Justice is a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the experiences of the Chicano people with the legal and judicial system in the United States. Beginning in 1848 and working to the present, a theory of Gringo justice is developed and applied to specific areas--displacement from the land, vigilantes and social bandits, the border, the police, gangs, and prisons. A basic issue addressed is how the image of Chicanos as bandits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268010234
• ISBN13: 9780268010232
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"