Analysis Of Punished By Victor Rios
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Victor Rios is a previous gang member, whom “was given the opportunity” to get out of the youth control complex. In his book “Punished”, he analyzes the experiences of young black and Latino boys in Oakland, California. Rios gives us an intimate description of some of the everyday forms of “hyper discrimination” these minority boys experience. This book review will focus on the main concepts explained in chapters one through three from the book Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys. Chapter one focuses mainly on the patterns of punishment expressed on Black and Hispanic boys. He begins the chapter by describing a young Hispanic boy’s negative experiences on the streets of his neighborhood with the police as something that occurs …show more content…
In his observation of the boys, he finds that these boys are criminalized by many social forces besides the police. “I found that schools pushed out boys who had been victimized.” (pg. 6). Many boys feel that their school system blames them for crimes that have occurred in their area, or as a danger to other students in the classroom. These boys think that these experiences of victimization are part of their street life. Rios says that if the institutions of social control believe that all young people follow the code of the street, then programs and interactions with margined youth’s will be based on this false information. This dishonest perception of youth is what leads to their …show more content…
The flatlands are Oakland’s poorest districts, not surprisingly associated with crime and drugs. Rios explains that although the youth he is studying are in one of the country’s most dangerous cities, most of the boys in this area live productive lives. “I argue that criminalization is embedded in Oakland’s social order, that it is a fabric of everyday life… developed a powerful youth control complex…” (pg. 27). He believes that youth in Oakland are being criminalized racially, and being further labeled as deviants with the national advents of social control (mass incarcerations). The “collateral consequences” of criminalization was found to be worse for Black’s, but both groups understood the punitive social control as a collective
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes victor rios' book punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys in oakland, california.
- Analyzes how chapter one focuses mainly on the patterns of punishment expressed on black and hispanic boys. after shadowing these boys for three years, he found that the majority of these youth were experiencing the effects associated with stereotypes.
- Analyzes how rios explains the components of the criminalization process, and its direct effects on minority youth.
- Analyzes victor rios' book punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys in oakland, california.
- Analyzes how chapter one focuses mainly on the patterns of punishment expressed on black and hispanic boys. after shadowing these boys for three years, he found that the majority of these youth were experiencing the effects associated with stereotypes.
- Analyzes how rios explains the components of the criminalization process, and its direct effects on minority youth.
- Describes rios qualitative study done on forty boys aged 14-17 for three years. thirty of the boys had been previously arrested, and fourteen had a parent in prison or jail.
- Analyzes rios' analysis of the youth control complex system in the flatlands of oakland, california. he believes that youth in oakland are being criminalized racially and being labeled as deviants with the national advents of social control.
- Analyzes how rios describes the youth control complex as a system of criminalization molded by the synchronized punishment meted out by social controlling institutions.
- Explains the two types of criminalization that are experienced in the youth control complex: material and symbolic. racial micro-aggressions can cause many victims to give up on the system.
- Analyzes how rios describes the labeling hype and its association to the era of mass incarceration.
- Concludes chapter three with a brief explanation of the different codes youth and the institutions criminalizing them perpetuate.
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- The book Punished: Policing the lives of Black and Latino boys by Victor Rios is about the Latinos and African Americans in poor parts of the city joining gangs, do violence, and ending up in prison. It is also add how the police are handling the situation differently in these areas. The researcher is Victor Rios and the goal is to change how the police should handle in these poor communities and to have trust to prevent a crime that is unrelated with African Americans and Latinos. Additionally to develop new programs to help these young people out of prison to be productive, to be part of society, and to create a brighter future for these young people and their community. This is
In this essay, the author
- Explains that victor rios' book punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys is about the poor communities joining gangs, doing violence, and ending up in prison.
- Analyzes how victor rios explained people's experiences through stories and put in detailed on how it felt to be realistic. the use of foul language and body motion made it feel real.
- Analyzes how victor rios uses a micro sociology approach to help people with similar issues to be connected to form.
- Explains that victor rios' book punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys is about the poor communities joining gangs, doing violence, and ending up in prison.
- Analyzes how victor rios explained people's experiences through stories and put in detailed on how it felt to be realistic. the use of foul language and body motion made it feel real.
- Analyzes how victor rios uses a micro sociology approach to help people with similar issues to be connected to form.
- Compares victor rios' description of oakland's neighborhoods to that of los angeles' neighborhoods.
- Concludes that victor rios presented the view of oakland and showed the situation young people including latinos and african american are effected.
1575 wordsRead More - The book "Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys" is written by Victor M. Rios, who was a former gang member in his hometown and later turned his life around. He went to Berkeley and earned a doctorate in sociology. This book explores how youth of color are punished and criminalized by authorities even under the situation where there is no crimes committed and how it can cause a harmful consequence for the young man and their community in Oakland, California. The goal is to show the consequences of social control on the lives of young people of color and try to remind the authorities. This is important Since society plays a crucial part in shaping the lives of people. And the authorities have biases towards them and mistreat
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- Explains that the book "punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys" is written by victor m. rios, a former gang member in his hometown and later turned his life around.
- Explains that in the inner cities, most young men's parents try to infuse their children with positive thinking. however, they are in extreme poverty and faced strict policies and defamations in schools and communities.
- Explains that the "youth control complex" is a ubiquitous system of criminalization molded by the synchronized, systematic punishment meted out by socializing and social control institutions.
- Explains that the book "punished: policing the lives of black and latino boys" is written by victor m. rios, a former gang member in his hometown and later turned his life around.
- Explains that in the inner cities, most young men's parents try to infuse their children with positive thinking. however, they are in extreme poverty and faced strict policies and defamations in schools and communities.
- Explains that the "youth control complex" is a ubiquitous system of criminalization molded by the synchronized, systematic punishment meted out by socializing and social control institutions.
- Analyzes how the police and probation officers treat young men in an unfair and racist way, ignoring their determination of fixing and focusing on finding their behaviors which break the law.
- Explains that hyper masculinity is an exaggeration of typical male behaviors, such as being more focused on physical strength and aggression, and committing deviance and crime.
- Explains that uses both micro and macro sociological approaches, but mainly is the micro.
- Opines that oakland has large black and latino communities which mostly are poor and from working class and strict system of policing and surveillance
- Opines that the book offers valuable information about the negative role that policing and criminal justice plays in american poor and minorities.
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- Analyzes how the two authors attracted their audiences through persuasive expression, tone, and rational methods to discuss discrimination, racial issues, fears, injustices and cruelty that govern society.
- Analyzes how ta-nehisi coates' persuasive article relies on author's justification and biases. he conveys his powerful message through thinking his audience that appeals to emotion and logic.
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- Quotes victor m. rios, a sociologist who wrote "the process of the hyper-criminalization of black and latino male youth in the era of mass incarceration."
- Analyzes how rios discusses the expansion of the criminal justice system into school, home, and community that criminalized constantly black and latino young males.
- Analyzes how rios' goal is to convince his audience that the young people of color were imprisoned or controlled as deviant.
- Analyzes rios' findings that black and latino young males are criminalized at every level in their lives as students, children, and members of the community.
- Concludes that coates and rios' writings are different in their perspectives and communicate different purposes. both authors use powerful tone, expression, and argumentative styles to attract their audience's emotions and logics.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that each culture or social group has unique norms that are acceptable to that particular group of people. hypercriminalization is the disapproval of a person or group that distinguishes them from other members of society.
- Opines that oakland youth feel excluded from society, which leads them to join gangs to feel part of a group or feel protected.
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- Explains that each culture or social group has unique norms that are acceptable to that particular group of people. hypercriminalization is the disapproval of a person or group that distinguishes them from other members of society.
- Opines that oakland youth feel excluded from society, which leads them to join gangs to feel part of a group or feel protected.
- Analyzes how hypercriminalization creates conditions in which young people seek more predictable, albeit more restrictive, forms of punishment.
- Analyzes how young latinos and blacks did not find a place where they could fit it and would not feel hypercriminalized from each institution.
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- Analyzes the role of race in the criminal justice system in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy america.
- Argues that mass incarceration is an institutionalized inequality that has renewed race and class disadvantage.
- Analyzes the trend of the criminal justice system focusing on localized communities in which law enforcement is concentrate.
- Analyzes the role of race in the criminal justice system in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy america.
- Argues that mass incarceration is an institutionalized inequality that has renewed race and class disadvantage.
- Analyzes the trend of the criminal justice system focusing on localized communities in which law enforcement is concentrate.
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- Argues that understading the structure of mass incarceration as a modern racial caste system will reveal the role of the criminal justice stem in creating and perpetuating racism.
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In this essay, the author
- Narrates how they do the same thing as y'all. "oh, my god, these kids are animals!"
- Analyzes how the character of kenard is a fictionalized version of david simon's crime drama, the wire. the series fails to fully engage with the nuanced issues surrounding juvenile delinquency in america today.
- Analyzes how the history of juvenile delinquency in america is in constant conversation with the events of the wire and american current events.
- Narrates how they do the same thing as y'all. "oh, my god, these kids are animals!"
- Analyzes how the character of kenard is a fictionalized version of david simon's crime drama, the wire. the series fails to fully engage with the nuanced issues surrounding juvenile delinquency in america today.
- Analyzes how the history of juvenile delinquency in america is in constant conversation with the events of the wire and american current events.
- Opines that the class of a large city most dangerous to its property, its morals and its political life, are the ignorant, destitute, untrained, and abandoned youth: the outcast street-children grown up to be voters, implements of demagogues,
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- Explains that juvenile delinquency was developed alongside the invention of childhood in the mid-eighteenth century.
- Analyzes how the puritans were instrumental in the development of childhood and juvenile delinquency.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how stereotypes within our society have shaped the way we perceive each other. punished by victor rios demonstrates how one can be perceived as a criminal due to his or her surroundings.
- Analyzes how victor rios's book, "youth control complex," criminalizes young people for acting in everyday behaviors through schools, families, police, probation officers, community centers, media, businesses and other institutions.
- Analyzes how the youth control complex ties in with the theoretical perspective of labeling theory and social strain theory.
- Analyzes how stereotypes within our society have shaped the way we perceive each other. punished by victor rios demonstrates how one can be perceived as a criminal due to his or her surroundings.
- Analyzes how victor rios's book, "youth control complex," criminalizes young people for acting in everyday behaviors through schools, families, police, probation officers, community centers, media, businesses and other institutions.
- Analyzes how the youth control complex ties in with the theoretical perspective of labeling theory and social strain theory.
- Analyzes how rios proposes an alternative program that encourages understanding, guidance, sympathy, and resources to the youth to better assist them.
- Opines that rios, as an ethnographer, had many advantages. he lived the life of many of the boys who he followed and attained respect from them.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how elijah anderson's "the code of the streets" explains the differences between "decent" and "street" people.
- Explains that david matza was one of the first to introduce drift and neutralization in accordance with control theories.
- Analyzes how anderson's code of the street can be compared to matza’s theory through the idea of drift.
- Analyzes how elijah anderson's "the code of the streets" explains the differences between "decent" and "street" people.
- Explains that david matza was one of the first to introduce drift and neutralization in accordance with control theories.
- Analyzes how anderson's code of the street can be compared to matza’s theory through the idea of drift.
- Analyzes how matza theorizes neutralization techniques is the cause for drift. anderson insinuates it is mainstream society who is to blame for the "street" individuals to become delinquent.
- Analyzes becker's labeling theory, arguing that those who are labeled as a criminal by the police and middle-upper class are more likely to conform to that label because they view authorities and society as the enemy.
- Analyzes how elijah anderson creates two labels for society, "street" and "decent" to appeal to the wealthy, who ultimately hold the majority of the power in society.
- Analyzes how becker argues that no act is naturally criminal, rather the law itself is responsible for making the act criminal.
- Analyzes how chambliss and seidman theorized that law enforcement agencies can maximize their rewards and minimize their strains if they process those who are politically weak.
- Analyzes anderson's argument that the code of streets is an adaptation formed because of the lack of faith in the police and legal system.
- Analyzes how anderson explains the "status system" is understanding a lack of police accountability. chambliss and seidman held more focus on the bureaucratic nature of those being held in contempt and their associations with the political world.
- Analyzes how elijah anderson's theory involving the code of the streets incorporates both the cultural and structural theories. the subculture approach can be made in accordance with albert cohen.
- Analyzes merton's strain theory, stating that "street" families are experiencing strain and are more likely to commit deviant acts such as theft.
- Analyzes how elijah anderson's "code of the street" combines violence, poverty, and racism to explain the motivations and factors that contribute to crime in america’s inner cities.
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- Analyzes how "boyz n the hood" was about a los angeles neighborhood expanding of drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.
- Analyzes how adler, mueller, & laufer depicted the many social problems of struggling black communities in the early 1990's.
- Analyzes how the film deals with the decisions kids must make while growing up in the ghetto, aka hood, and how every decision impacts their lives.
- Discusses the micro theory from edwin sutherland's differential association theory in chapter five of adler, mueller, & laufer.
- Analyzes how the article "social inequality and interaction" looked at the effects of social inequality through our social ties, leading to patterns of differential association theory.
- Analyzes how this article demonstrates how important ones’ networks and interactions are in creating human and social capital as well.
- Describes how they watched a devastatingly realistic film with an african-american, who was touched and moved by how the film influenced his emotions.
- Analyzes how society forces individuals into the system based on encouraging crime.
- Opines that it is hard for those disadvantaged to only know what they interact with and experience in their surroundings. if an individual is stripped of opportunities and knowledge then they cannot strive for what is unknown.
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