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

• Autore: Chavez-Garcia Miroslava
• 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 genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• ISBN: 1-280-11109-7; 9786613520678; 0-520-95155-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457890203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American Crossroads