RT Book
T1 Policing life and death: race, violence, and resistance in Puerto Rico
A1 LeBrón, Marisol
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1031045104
AB "Policing Life and Death : Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico examines how policing reinforces social inequality along lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality and analyzes the ways that marginalized populations push against logics and practices of criminalization. Marisol LeBrón traces the rise of punitive governance in Puerto Rico over the course of the twentieth century to the present moment. She argues that Puerto Rican elites and policy makers have turned to policing as a way of reorganizing and strengthening the state in response to deep and ongoing structural crises stemming from the island's incorporation into the United States as a colonial territory. At the same time, LeBrón provides powerful examples of how Puerto Ricans negotiate and resist their subjection to increased levels of segregation, criminalization, discrimination, and violence. Puerto Ricans are actively rejecting punitive solutions and working toward alternative understandings of justice, safety, and accountability"--Provided by publisher
AB Introduction : they don't care if we die -- A war against the victims -- Colonial projects -- Underground -- The continued promise of punishment -- Policing solidarity -- #ImperfectVictims -- Security from below -- Postscript : broken windows and future horizons after the storm
CN HV8174.A3
SN 9780520300163
SN 9780520300170
K1 Discrimination in law enforcement : Puerto Rico : History : 20th century
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration : Puerto Rico : History : 20th century
K1 Police-community relations : Puerto Rico : History : 20th century
K1 Puerto Rico : Unterprivilegierung : Polizei : Diskriminierung