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States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System Volume 35

States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System Volume 35

Chavez-Garcia, Miroslava

Hardcover

Series: American Crossroads, Book 35

CriminologyRegional: West

ISBN10: 0520271718
ISBN13: 9780520271715
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Feb 21 2012
Pages: 314
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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