States of delinquency : race and science in the making of California's juvenile justice system /

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This unique analysis of the rise of the juvenile justice system from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries uses one of the harshest states--California--as a case study for examining racism in the treatment of incarcerated young people of color. Using rich new untapped archives, States of Delinquency...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Colección:American crossroads ; 35.
Temas:
Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.)
Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.)
Juvenile justice, Administration of > California > History.
Minority youth > California > History.
Juvenile delinquents > California > History.
Crime and race > California > History.
Eugenics > California > History.
Jeunesse issue des minorités > Californie > Histoire.
Jeunes délinquants > Californie > Histoire.
Criminalité et race > Californie > Histoire.
Eugénisme > Californie > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Crime and race
Eugenics
Juvenile delinquents
Juvenile justice, Administration of
Minority youth
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Ungdomsbrottslingar > historia.
Rasism inom kriminologin > historia.
California
Förenta staterna > Kalifornien.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Building Juvenile Justice Institutions in California; 2. Fred C. Nelles: Innovative Reformer, Conservative Eugenicist; 3. Mildred S. Covert: Eugenics Fieldworker, Racial Pathologist; 4. Cristobal, Fred, Tony, and Albert M.: Specimens in Scientific Research and Race Betterment; 5. Otto H. Close: Promising Leader, Complacent Bureaucrat; 6. The Legacy of Benny Moreno and Edward Leiva: "Defective Delinquents" or Tragic Heroes?; Epilogue: Recovering Youths' Voices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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