Gender on the Run: Wanted Latinas in a Southern California Barrio. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flores, Jerry; Camacho, Ariana Ochoa; Santos, Xuan
• Other Names: Lopez Vera guest-editor.; Pasko Lisa guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Feminist criminology. Volume 12:Number 3(2017:Jul.)
• Page Start: 248
• Page End: 268
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: ethnicity -- ethnographic research -- female criminality -- Latinas -- juvenile justice -- race; Feminist criminology -- Periodicals; Female offenders -- Periodicals; 364.37405
• DOI: 10.1177/1557085117700265
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1557-0851

Abstract

Recent research on systems of social control has demonstrated how African American men who live in segregated neighborhoods are disproportionately affected by their legal standing, especially in their attempts to avoid imprisonment when "on the run." However, missing from this analysis is the inclusion of how the intersection of race, class, gender, and other identities shape our understanding of being "on the run." Building on work in this area, we focus on the unique and understudied experiences that young Latinas face while attempting to avoid rearrests and recidivism within a working-class Latina/o barrio.