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.
- ISBN10 0268086974
- ISBN13 9780268086978
- Publish Date 25 March 1994 (first published 31 December 1987)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 240
- Language English