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



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Autore: Chavez-Garcia Miroslava Visualizza persona
Titolo: States of Delinquency : Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System / / Miroslava Chavez-Garcia Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]
©2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
Disciplina: 364.3609794
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto non controllato: 19th century california
19th century crime
20th century california
20th century crime
african americans and justice system
american criminal system
california history
crime and juveniles
crime and punishment
crime and racism
crime and sociology
crime
criminal investigation
criminology
juvenile crime
juvenile justice system
juveniles and punishment
mexican americans and crime
preston school of industry
racism in justice system
western us history
whittier state school for boys
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.
Titolo autorizzato: States of Delinquency  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-11109-7
9786613520678
0-520-95155-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779085103321
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Serie: American Crossroads