{"product_id":"policing-life-and-death-marisol-lebr-n-9780520300170","title":"Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico","description":"In her exciting new book, Marisol LeBr traces the rise of punitive governance in Puerto Rico over the course of the twentieth century and up to the present. Punitive governance emerged as a way for the Puerto Rican state to manage the deep and ongoing crises stemming from the archipelago's incorporation into the United States as a colonial territory. A structuring component of everyday life for many Puerto Ricans, police power has reinforced social inequality and worsened conditions of vulnerability in marginalized communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book provides powerful examples of how Puerto Ricans negotiate and resist their subjection to increased levels of segregation, criminalization, discrimination, and harm. \u003ci\u003ePolicing Life and Death\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Puerto Ricans are actively rejecting punitive solutions and working toward alternative understandings of safety and a more just future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marisol Lebr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520300173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520300170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Marisol Lebr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994863501567,"sku":"9780520300170","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff781206-61cf-40e1-9930-7ba61b00b715.jpg?v=1683332612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/policing-life-and-death-marisol-lebr-n-9780520300170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}