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Zusatztext ". . . An important and humane study about what happens to young people who are deemed unimportant and are inhumanely punished." Informationen zum Autor Miroslava Chávez-García is Associate Professor of Chicano/a Studies at the University of California! Davis. She is the author of Negotiating Conquest: Gender and Power in California! 1770s to 1880s. Klappentext "Miroslava Chávez-García digs into long-forgotten files and humanizes the forgotten victims of injustice. States of Delinquency exposes the hidden racial dynamics of California's juvenile justice system and makes us re-think the history of the child-saving movement."-Tony Platt! author of The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency "Impressively researched and passionately argued! States of Delinquency shows how racial prejudice and bogus social science reshaped early twentieth century juvenile corrections in California. Chavez-Garcia recreates both the everyday world of reform schools and the lives of delinquent youth! especially minorities! who were unfortunate enough to be confined there (or! worse! reassigned to special hospitals for sterilization). This book is an innovative! disquieting! and vividly detailed contribution to historical scholarship on the theory and practice of American juvenile justice."-Steven Schlossman! author of Transforming Juvenile Justice . "A fascinating and compelling study that reconstructs the forgotten lives of California's marginalized and criminalized youth. States of Delinquency illuminates the unsettling history of the juvenile justice system and demonstrates its relevance to the disproportionate incarceration of racial and ethnic minorities today."-Alexandra Minna Stern! author of Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America . Zusammenfassung Explores 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. This title shows how these boys and girls, and their families, resisted increasingly harsh treatment and various kinds of abuse. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
