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The rage of innocence : how America criminalizes Black youth / Kristin Henning.

Henning, Kristin, (Law teacher), (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781524748906
ISBN: 1524748900
Physical Description: xviii, 484 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-464) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Molotov cocktail or science experiment? -- American adolescence in black and white -- Toy guns, cell phones, and parties: criminalizing Black adolescent play -- Hoodies, headwraps, and hip-hop: criminalizing Black adolescent culture -- Raising "brutes" and "jezebels": criminalizing Black adolescent sexuality -- Policing identity: the politics of adolescence and Black identity development -- Cops in school -- Contempt of cop -- Policing by proxy -- Policing as trauma -- The dehumanization of Black youth: when the children aren't children anymore -- Things fall apart: Black families in an era of mass incarceration -- #BlackBoyJoy and #BlackGirlMagic: adolescent resilience and systems reform.