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States of Delinquency : Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System / Miroslava Chavez-Garcia.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968- Author.
- Series:
- American Crossroads
- American Crossroads ; 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.).
- Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.).
- Crime and race--California--History.
- Eugenics--California--History.
- Juvenile delinquents--California--History.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--California--History.
- Minority youth--California--History.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--History--California.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Minority youth--History--California.
- Minority youth.
- Juvenile delinquents--History--California.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Crime and race--History--California.
- Crime and race.
- Eugenics--History--California.
- Eugenics.
- Local Subjects:
- Crime and race--California--History.
- Eugenics--California--History.
- Juvenile delinquents--California--History.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--California--History.
- Minority youth--California--History.
- Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.).
- Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786613520678
- 9781280111099
- 1280111097
- 9780520951556
- 0520951557
- OCLC:
- 775302612
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