States of Delinquency : Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System / / Miroslava Chavez-Garcia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457890203321
• Autore: Chavez-Garcia Miroslava
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-280-11109-7; 9786613520678; 0-520-95155-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Collana: American Crossroads ; ; 35
• Disciplina: 364.3609794
• Soggetti: Crime and race - California - History; Crime and race -- California -- History; Eugenics - California - History; Eugenics -- California -- History; Juvenile delinquents - California - History; Juvenile delinquents -- California -- History; Juvenile justice, Administration of - California - History; Minority youth - California - History; Minority youth -- California -- History; Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Juvenile justice, Administration of - History - California; Minority youth - History - California; Juvenile delinquents - History - California; Crime and race - History - California; Eugenics - History - California; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 by state institutions as they began to replace families and communities in punishing youth, and explores the application of science and pseudo-scientific research in the disproportionate classification of youths of color as degenerate. She also shows how these boys and girls, and their families, resisted increasingly harsh treatment and various kinds of abuse, including sterilization.

After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development : Integrating Research into Practice and Policy, Volume 1 / / edited by Nancy L. Deutsch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254803903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• ISBN: 3-319-59132-0
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (71 pages)
• Collana: Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice, , 2625-2546
• Disciplina: 362.74
• Soggetti: Child psychology; School psychology; Families; Families—Social aspects; Public health; Child and School Psychology; Family; Public Health
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Executive Summary: Overview of Brief and Recommendations for Practice and Policy.- Chapter 1. Why After-School Matters for Positive Youth Development -- Chapter 2. Understanding What Makes the "Magic" Happen: Key Components of Engaging After-School Programs for Children and Adolescents -- Chapter 3. Measuring Youth Participation, Program Quality, and Social and Emotional Skills in After-School Programs -- Chapter 4. Let's Talk After-School: The Promises and Challenges of Positive Youth Development for After-School Research, Policy, and Practice. .
• Sommario/riassunto: The first volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference about how after-school programs may be implemented to promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. This volume reviews the importance of after-school ; programs for PYD and discusses key components of effective after-school programs. It also discusses issues related to the evaluation and measurement of quality in after-school programs. In addition, the brief presents suggestions for how researchers, policy makers, and practitioners can move the field forward and maximize the potential of after-school time and programs for promoting positive youth development for children and adolescents. Topics featured in this brief include: The history of the relationship between after-school programs and positive youth development. Specific features of programs that are important for advancing positive youth development. Issues in and approaches to measuring quality in after-school programs. The Quality, Engagement, Skills, Transfer (QuEST) model and its use for measuring effective after-school programs. A case study evaluation of the Girls on the Run program. After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development, Volume 1, is a must-have resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology. .

Science and conservation in the Galapagos Islands : frameworks & perspectives / / Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437790603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-93438-8; 1-4614-5794-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: Social and ecological interactions in the Galapagos Islands, , 2195-1055
• Altri autori (Persone): WalshStephen J; MenaCarlos F
• Disciplina: 333.72; 333.72098665
• Soggetti: Social ecology - Galapagos Islands; Ecotourism - Galapagos Islands; Tourism - Galapagos Islands
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Foreword -- Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands -- Changing Views of the Galapagos -- Perspectives for the Study of the Galapagos Islands: Complex Systems and Human- Environment Interactions -- The Socio-Economic Paradox of Galapagos -- Environmental Crisis and the Production of Alternatives: Conservation Practice(s) in the Galapagos Islands -- The Double Bind of Tourism in Galapagos Society -- The Evolution of Ecotourism: The Story of the Galapagos Islands and the Special Law of 1998 -- People Live Here: Maternal and Child Health on Isla Isabela, Galapagos -- Characterizing Contemporary Land Use/Cover Change on Isabela Island, Galapagos -- Investigating the Coastal Water Quality of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -- Research in Agricultural and Urban Areas in Galapagos – a Biological Perspective -- A Geographical Approach to Optimization of Response to Invasive Species -- From Whaling to Whale Watching: Cetacean Presence and Species Diversity in the Galapagos Marine Reserve -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The recent passing of “Lonesome George,” the last remaining Giant Tortoise from Pinta Island in the Galapagos Archipelago of Ecuador, marks a sad farewell to yet another species from Planet Earth. The vulnerability of island ecosystems is particularly striking, especially given the expanding human imprint in many of these fragile settings and the corresponding risk of accelerated human development on native and endemic flora and fauna, many of which are iconic or emblematic species used to identify special places, like the Galapagos Islands, an internationally renowned Protected Area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this volume, and the books to come as part of this Galapagos Series, we explore scientific approaches and conservation perspectives to address the challenges of social-ecological sustainability in island ecosystems, with a special emphasis on the social, terrestrial, and marine sub-systems of the Galapagos and their integrated and linked effects. In this initial volume, we include chapters from scientists, managers, and conservationists that explore contexts and explanations of historical, contemporary, and alternative futures for the Galapagos Islands to set the stage for more focused books in the Series on topics ranging from evolution, history of scientific engagement in the Galapagos, tourism and population migration, and marine ecology of the Galapagos Marine Reserve. While this book launches the Galapagos Book Series, it also offers a broad and exploratory statement of threats to the Galapagos Islands, such as invasive species and the direct and indirect impacts of human migration, as motivation for subsequent studies and books to benefit science and society in the Galapagos Islands, also with the goal of creating a global template to examine other similarly challenged island ecosystems around the world. .