{"product_id":"brown-and-blue-mexican-americans-law-enforcement-and-civil-rights-in-the-southwest-1935-2025-9781469690704","title":"Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights in the Southwest, 1935-2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a sweeping history of Mexican American interactions with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the US Southwest. Looking primarily at Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, \u003ci\u003eBrown and Blue\u003c\/i\u003e tells a complex story: Violent, often racist acts committed by police against Mexican American people sparked protests demanding reform, and criminal justice authorities sometimes responded positively to these protests with measures such as recruiting Mexican Americans into local police forces and altering training procedures at police academies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian D. Behnken demonstrates the central role that the struggle for police reform played in the twentieth-century Chicano movement, and the ways its relevance continues to the present. By linking social activism and law enforcement, Behnken illuminates how the policing issues of today developed and what reform remains to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian D. Behnken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469690704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian D. Behnken is professor of history at Iowa State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Brian D. Behnken \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809036353693,"sku":"9781469690704","price":79.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_53ad9e68-546d-405e-8406-70763d6b12c1.jpg?v=1775555719","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/brown-and-blue-mexican-americans-law-enforcement-and-civil-rights-in-the-southwest-1935-2025-9781469690704","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}