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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.
List of contents
Series Foreword
By Lori L. Martin
Foreword
Carol Huang
Introduction: Asian/Americans and Crime: A Critical Overview
Part 1: Asian/Americans: When the Model Minority Becomes a Criminal Threat
Chapter 1: Asian/Americans as Criminal Defendants: The End of the Model Minority
Myth?
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. Hartlep
Chapter 3: Asian/Americans in the Media: Criminals Amongst the (Invisible) Model Minorities
Kyle Holody and Sung-Yeon Park
Part 2: Asian/Americans: Model Minorities and Victims of Crime?
Chapter 4: Newspaper Portrayals, Emotional Connection Strategies, and Commemorations of Model Minority Murder Victims
Alexander Lu
Chapter 5: How the Model Minority Stereotype Creates Moments of (In)visibility for Asian/American Student Victims of Violence
Nicholas D. Hartlep and Krystie T. Nguyen
Chapter 6: English and Chinese News Media Framing of Asian/American Victimization: The Murder of Xinran Ji
Xiaoqun Zhang, Yu Wang, and Godofredo Mendez
Part 3: Asian/Americans and Unjust Criminal Justice Practices
Chapter 7: Media Representation of Chinese International Students in Crime News: Anonymous Victims and Invisible Communities
Ke Li
Chapter 8: "Not in My Hood": Identity, Crime, and Policing in Seattle's International
District
Andrew Cho and Tanya Velasquez
About the Contributors
About the author
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.
Summary
Asian/Americans, Education, and Crime examines portrayals of Asian/Americans as the "model minority" in light of the criminal justice system. This collection highlights how this stereotype has masked the victimization of and violence toward and initiated by Asian/Americans in the twenty-first century.
