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 or criminals has persisted in various forms.
- | Author: Alfredo Mirandé
- | Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
- | Publication Date: Mar 25, 1994
- | Number of Pages: 278 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0268010234
- | ISBN-13: 9780268010232
