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In her exciting new book, Marisol LeBrón 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 vulnera

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Author

Marisol LeBrón

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520971677

Category

social science

Subjects

History, Science, Social Science

Updated

2026-03-25