Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth by Victor M. Rios

4.2 AVERAGE

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superglamfab's review

4.0
Fascinating look at how institutions reinforce social structures that criminalize Latino youth and the actual dynamic nature of adolescent identity.

bombycillacedrorum's review

4.0
3.5 or 4.

Interesting look at specifically Latino youth who filter around the edges of gang life, specifically their interactions with "mainstream" society (mostly schools and the police), and how these institutions often do anything but actually help the young men in question integrate themselves into wider society. (Also, how even "gangsters" have rich, multifaceted lives.) Probably not that intriguing for general audiences who don't already like ethnographies/sociological studies.

katiefronk's review

3.0
challenging informative reflective medium-paced

derrickthecarrot's review

4.0
challenging emotional informative reflective