Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime
The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator
Contributions by Andrew Cho, Harvey Gee, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Kyle J. Holody, Ke Li, Alexander Lu, Godofredo Mendez, Krystie T. Nguyen, Sung-Yeon Park, Tanya Velasquez, Yu Wang, Xiaoqun Zhang Edited by Daisy Ball, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep
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Publication date:
14 December 2016Length of book:
214 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498526456
Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator analyzes Asian/Americans’ interactions with the U.S. criminal justice system as perpetrators and victims of crime. This book contributes to a limited amount of scholarly writing so that researchers, policymakers, and educators can gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the relationship between Asian/Americans and the criminal justice system. In reality, Asian/Americans in the United States are both the victims of crime and the perpetrators of crime. However, their characterization as the “model minority” masks the victimization and violence they experience in the twenty-first century.
In Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator, Ball and Hartlep shine a radiant light of scrutiny that frees us from the ‘Model Minority’ closet to be seen as authentic human beings who are both resilient and vulnerable to adverse social conditions.