Presumed Criminal : Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York / Carl Suddler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suddler, Carl, author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth and violence.

Race relations.

Juvenile delinquency.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

African Americans--Social conditions.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages)

Place of Publication:

2019.

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'Presumed Criminal' is a provocative analysis of youth, race, and crime in New York City from the 1930s to the 1960s that shows how shifts in the criminal justice system bolstered authoritative efforts that criminalized black youths. Grounded in extensive research, it is a startling examination of a historical past that appears to be anything but past.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: “The Way I See It”: Reframing Black Youth and Racial Injustice

1. “The Child Is Never Basically Bad”: Creating Crime through Prevention

2. “Margie’s Day”: Youth, Race, and Uprisings in Wartime Harlem

3. “Every Generation Has Had the Habit of Going to the Devil”: Constructions of a Postwar Delinquent

4. “Beware of the Cat on the Corner”: Deconstructing a Cycle of Outrage

5. “In All Our Harlems”: Policing Black Youths through the War on Crime

Afterword: “Without a Wrinkle in Today”: An Ode to “Young Forever”

Acknowledgments

Manuscript Sources

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1269-2

9781479812691

OCLC:

1137798533