| Author/Contributor(s): | Mirandé, Alfredo |
| Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Date: | 03/25/1994 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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.