7. No Solamente Porque Soy Mujer: A Transnational Intersectional Framework for Understanding Latin American Women’s Experiences with Crimmigration

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Contributors 1
5. Part I. Victimization to Offending: Blurring the Boundaries
6. 1. Entre Mujeres Platicamos: The Role of Informal Social Networks among Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence 19
7. 2. Latina Interpersonal Victimization: The Importance of Sexual Orientation 42
8. 3. Nondisclosure of IPV Victimization among Disadvantaged Mexican American Young Adult Women 60
9. Part II. Latina Offenders from Court to Correctional Involvement
10. 4. Demasiados Problemas: A Focus on Gender, Ethnicity, and Juvenile Diversion Programming 83
11. 5. On the Run and In/Out of the System: Understanding Latina Girls in a Southern California Barrio 102
12. 6. The Correlates and Consequences of Maternal Efficacy among Imprisoned Women 126
13. Part III. Immigration Enforcement, Crimmigration, and the Deportation Machine
14. 7. No Solamente Porque Soy Mujer: A Transnational Intersectional Framework for Understanding Latin American Women’s Experiences with Crimmigration 151
15. 8. Masking Punitive Practices: Latina Immigrants’ Experiences in the U.S. Detention Complex 182
16. 9. Adriana and Esther: Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Migrant Women Deportees 209
17. 10. Young Women’s and Girls’ Experiences in the Facilitation of Migrant Smuggling 237
18. Part IV. Community Programming for System- Impacted Latinas
19. 11. From the Streets to the Halls of Higher Education: The Case of an Undocumented Latina on the Margins of the Justice System 259
20. 12. Maternal Racial and Ethnic Strategies as a Protective Factor against Delinquency among Latina Girls: An Exploratory Study 280
21. 13. Mi Hermana’s Keeper: Empowering Latina Youth to Improve Services That Prevent Juvenile Justice System Involvement 300
22. 14. Xinachtli: A Healing- Informed, Gendered, and Culturally Responsive Approach with System- Involved Latinas 315
23. Conclusion 333
24. About the Contributors 339
25. About the Editors 349
26. Index 351