The Moral Monster: Hispanics Recasting Honor and Respectability Behind Bars

Patricia Fernández-Kelly

doi:10.1002/9781405177603.ch21

The Moral Monster: Hispanics Recasting Honor and Respectability Behind Bars

Patricia Fernández-Kelly

Sociology

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The facts surrounding incarceration in the United States are alarming: America has the largest captive population on earth - with 5 percent of the world's people it holds 25 percent of the world's prisoners - over 2 million people - one in every 143 US citizens.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	A Companion to Latina/o Studies
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	229-239
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781405177603
ISBN (Print)	9781405126229
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405177603.ch21
State	Published - Feb 27 2008

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General Social Sciences

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Atonement
Behind bars

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The Moral Monster: Hispanics Recasting Honor and Respectability Behind Bars

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