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Brown and Blue

By Behnken, Brian D.

Brown and Blue

By Behnken, Brian D.

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This book offers a sweeping history of Mexican American interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the US Southwest. Looking primarily at Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, Brown and Blue tells a complex story: Violent, often racist acts committed by police against Mexican American people sparked protests demanding reform, and criminal justice authorities sometimes responded positively to these protests with measures such as recruiting Mexican Americans into local police forces and altering training procedures at police academies.
Brian D. Behnken demonstrates the central role that the struggle for police reform played in the twentieth-century Chicano movement, and the ways its relevance continues to the present. By linking social activism and law enforcement, Behnken illuminates how the policing issues of today developed and what reform remains to be done.
Product details
Number of Pages:
354
Release Date:
2025-12-02
Publication Date:
2025-12-02
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1469690691
ISBN13:
9781469690698
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
761 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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