Another point that Rios examines is youth experience of illegality. Immigrant youth join gangs for the intent of acceptance. The stigmatization of immigrants can have a negative impact, which can lead to high levels of
Many readers of this story can understand that life may be across the border into the United States, but they fail to comprehend to what extent the life is better and Urrea gives a detailed narration that tries to show the difference. Urrea does this well by giving brief overviews of the lives of these men in their home country and what they expect to get once they cross the border. The desperation of the men seeking to cross the border can be quantified in pesos and the men find that they cannot earn enough to cater for their basic needs such as shelter, food and clothing (Urrea, 2008). With the lack of such basic needs the men even find that catering for their children’s need for education is far beyond their reach. Urrea highlights the desperation of families in Mexico and how not only the old suffer, but also the young who miss opportunities because their poor societies have little to offer them.
Rios records several instances where the boys in the study encounter negative interactions with individuals involved in the criminal justice system like the officers that patrol the streets, the parole officers that criticize and label the boys as deviants, and the juvenile system that threaten and harass the boys. Such
Rios describes his observations as he shadows young gang associated Latinos, and explains the faultiness of the systems they encounter which set them up to fail. Throughout the book, Victor Rios’ examination allows the reader to see the lack of support and resources Latino youths hold which in turn, forces them to revert back to negative lifestyles. Analysis
The author based his investigation on criminologists, ethnographers and anthropologists criteria to argument his outcomes which add a solid framework to the entire project. I think the book suggests that there is a lot to do and it’s time to change unsuccessful methods. Despite of some critics, I think “Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys” is an obligatory reading to all people who really want to understand the whys and hows of most of young men who are labeled as criminals and live in marginal neighborhoods. This material also has the merit of describing the way these youths have to coexist with a lot of disadvantages to make a change and get a positive progress in their
Consequently, an individual who just wanted a sense of belonging became a target for the INS and LAPD. When deeply examining the life of a poor El Salvadorian immigrant struggling for survival, it should be expected that they would be more inclined to stealing food because they have no other choice. Nevertheless, the United States government, law enforcement, and criminal justice system has a bad habit of harshly punishing the person who committed the crime, without implementing the proper procedures to prevent the crime from happening in the first
This spurs the reader to think about what could fix these inconceivable actions. Fixes for these actions come in many different forms, like treatment centers or stricter drug laws, both of which must be sanctioned or carried out by the government and enforced by police. None of this happened during the time the Weses were growing up. In turn, this caused, “an almost 61 percent jump in
Immigration has become a major concern in the U.S for many foreigners that try to cross the border in order to have a better life than from the country in which they come from. Most people are willing to sacrifice themselves to overcome the journey to be able to help support their families from poverty. But, others don’t for the fact that they can either get caught by the border patrol and get sent back to their country in which they started from or they can get killed from hunger, thirst, and get manipulated by the drug traffickers along the way. In the film “Under the Same Moon”, directed by Patricia Riggen in 2007 is a melodrama that tells the story on the point of view of a child named Carlitos as he goes on the journey of leaving Mexico and coming to Los Angeles in search of his mother Rosario as she works as a housemaid for a rich family in order to send money to her son she left behind.
9). All of these factors appear to be relevant in five-month-old Baby Brianna’s case. Stephanie and Steven are Hispanic. They lived in the mobile home of Andy’s mother, Patricia, along with his brother, and Patricia’s partner. Considering all of the family members, the history they bring to the current crisis, and the societal context in which they live are also important aspects that propose explanations for child maltreatment (Popple & Vecchilolla, 2007, p.
Mexico’s drug cartels are the worst they have been in years, and all the problems stem from a lack of proper decision making from the government at every level . Since Colombia was taken away from the drug scene, Mexico’s cartels have made up for the slack and then some. Subsequently, cartels in Mexico also began to flourish at a time when Mexico was in the process of instituting a new form of government. Not only is Mexico trying to work out the kinks of their new democracy, but the cartels are pushing more drugs than ever before; Mexico needs to address this problem. To make matters worse, a number of Mexican officials are corrupt, unaccountable, or distrusted by the people.
Cartels primary objectives are to ensure that they restrict competition and that they benefit from the profits collectively. The most known cartels are the drug cartels. Both cartels and gangs involve violence at a point or another and all recruit young men and women to do their dirty work. "Sicaritos are children who are assassins, 13 or 14 years old," says Soto. " [The cartels] give them a weapon to use.
Life in Mexico can be very harsh, many people outside of Mexico believe life in the country isn’t as bad as it seems. Over the years the country has changed but still face many problems. The Mexican drug war is still a highly supplied conflict between the Mexican army and drug cartels in Mexico. The country has been one of the main suppliers of illegal drugs that causes discrimination, drug trafficking and many deaths yearly. The question is, how has life in Mexico changed before and after the war on drugs?
Nicolas has spent a large portion of the narrative in search for his mother while being forced to work as a “work mule” for both sides of the civil war in El Salvador. Nicolas and others like him are victims of structural violence, which is defined as “a process that works slowly
How do they lure them in to the life of crime? Drug cartels have people out recruiting. They approach young kids with the promise of making millions. These kids are in need of money that the job is appealing to them. They do not think of the consequences or really what they are getting themselves in to.
My three questions I asked at the beginning of the term were: (1) How did the hierarchy of drugs come into effect? (2) why is there such a harsh stigma with drug use? And (3) Why does the media alter the effects of drugs and make some seem “better” than others? I was curious about the first question how did the hierarchy of drugs come into effect because I have always wondered curious as to why crack-cocaine has stiffer penalties than cocaine when they are fundamentally the same drug. In class we had a presentation on drug regulation and this helped clarify some of the reasoning behind how we regulate drug use, although it still seems a little backwards.
