States of delinquency: race and science in the making of California's juvenile justice system

Building juvenile justice institutions in California -- Fred C. Nelles : innovative reformer, conservative eugenicist -- Mildred S. Covert : eugenics field worker, racial pathologist -- Cristobal, Fred, Tony, and Albert M. : specimens in scientific research and race betterment -- Otto H. Close : pro...

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Autor principal: Chávez-García, Miroslava (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley [u.a.] University of California Press c 2012
En: American crossroads (35)
Año: 2012
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Disponibilidad en Tübingen:Disponible en Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 5677
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Palabras clave:
Crime and race > California > History
Eugenics > California > History
Juvenile delinquents > California > History
Juvenile justice, Administration of > California > History
Kalifornien > Jugendstrafvollzug > Rassendiskriminierung > Geschichte
Minority youth > California > History
Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.)
Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.)
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Sumario:Building juvenile justice institutions in California -- Fred C. Nelles : innovative reformer, conservative eugenicist -- Mildred S. Covert : eugenics field worker, 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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index
Descripción Física:XIV, 290 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9780520271715
9780520271722