| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American crossroads ; 35 |
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American crossroads ; 35.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 is the first book to explore the experiences of young Mexican Americans, African Americans, and ethnic Euro-Americans in California correctional facilities including Whittier State School for Boys and the Preston School of Industry. Miroslava Chávez-García examines the ideologies and practices used b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.)
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Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.)
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| SUBJECT |
Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.) fast |
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Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.) fast |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- California -- History
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Minority youth -- California -- History
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Juvenile delinquents -- California -- History
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Crime and race -- California -- History
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Eugenics -- California -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Crime and race
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Eugenics
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Juvenile delinquents
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Juvenile justice, Administration of
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Minority youth
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Social Welfare & Social Work.
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Social Sciences.
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Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
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Ungdomsbrottslingar -- historia.
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Rasism inom kriminologin -- historia.
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California
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Förenta staterna -- Kalifornien.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011033524 |
| ISBN |
9780520951556 |
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0520951557 |
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0520271718 |
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9780520271715 |
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