Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime

Daisy Ball is assistant professor of criminal justice at Roanoke College.Nicholas Daniel Hartlep Nicholas D. Hartlep is an Associate Professor of Urban Education and Chair of the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Daisy Ball and Nicholas Daniel Hartlep’s Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime: The Model Minority as Victim and Perpetrator provides a much-needed examination of an understudied and misunderstood population. Each essay offers a penetrating analysis of some aspect of the complex intersection of race, education, the media, and the criminal justice system. Sweeping in its coverage, the volume collectively challenges the hegemonic narrative that Asian/Americans are a homogeneous group and “model minorities.” The volume provides powerful and nuanced insights while highlighting the critical need for further investigations into the diverse lives of Asian/Americans.

• Series ForewordBy Lori L. MartinForeword Carol HuangIntroduction: Asian/Americans and Crime: A Critical Overview Part 1: Asian/Americans: When the Model Minority Becomes a Criminal ThreatChapter 1: Asian/Americans as Criminal Defendants: The End of the Model MinorityMyth?Harvey Gee Chapter 2: Eldo Kim and the Specter of Academic Failure: The Impact of the Model Minority Stereotype on Asian/American Collegians Nicholas D. HartlepChapter 3: Asian/Americans in the Media: Criminals Amongst the (Invisible) Model MinoritiesKyle Holody and Sung-Yeon ParkPart 2: Asian/Americans: Model Minorities and Victims of Crime?Chapter 4: Newspaper Portrayals, Emotional Connection Strategies, and Commemorations of Model Minority Murder VictimsAlexander LuChapter 5: How the Model Minority Stereotype Creates Moments of (In)visibility for Asian/American Student Victims of ViolenceNicholas D. Hartlep and Krystie T. NguyenChapter 6: English and Chinese News Media Framing of Asia