Jerry Floresis Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

"By centering the compelling testimonials of 30 young Latinas, Flores details the multiple impacts and varied forms of gendered, socioeconomic, and racialized violence the participants encounter at home, school, in intimate relationships, and while in detention. Especially significant are the tolls that trauma and inequality take and the ways the participants are caught up in the California juvenile justice system, despite its intended focus on rehabilitation. The book ends with concrete experiences from Latinas who have been able to leave the criminal justice system and those who have not—highlighting Flores's main finding that increased contact with criminal justice agencies reduces the possibilities of escaping from them."

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Trouble in the Home, and First Contact with the Criminal Justice System 2. Life behind Bars 3. Legacy Community School and the New Face of Alternative Education 4. School, Institutionalization, and Exclusionary Punishment 5. Hooks for Change and Snares for Confinement Conclusion Appendix A: "Who Is Th is Man in the Classroom?" Appendix B: Demographic Information Notes References Index