Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 290 pages)
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0520271726
,
0520951557
,
9780520271715
,
9780520271722
,
9780520951556
Serie:
American crossroads
Inhalt:
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
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520271722
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968- States of delinquency Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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