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States of Delinquency Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System

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ISBN-10: 0520271726

ISBN-13: 9780520271722

Edition: 2012

Authors: Miroslava Chavez-Garcia

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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 Delinquencyis 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…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

William Schneider was the curator of oral history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1981 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 2011. He is the editor of many books and the author of So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History.Miroslava Chaacute;vez-Garciacute;ais Associate Professor of Chicano/a Studies at the University of California, Davis. She is the author ofNegotiating Conquest: Gender and Power in California, 1770s to 1880s.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Building Juvenile Justice Institutions in California
Fred C. Nelles: Innovative Reformer, Conservative Eugenicist
Mildred S. Covert: Eugenics Fieldworker, Racial Pathologist
Cristobal, Fred, Tony, and Albert M.: Specimens in Scientific Research and Race Betterment
Otto H. Close: Promising Leader, Complacent Bureaucrat
The Legacy of Benny Moreno and Edward Leiva: "Defective Delinquents" or Tragic Heroes?
Epilogue: Recovering Youths' Voices
Notes
Bibliography
Index