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States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California´s Juvenile Justice System
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
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Description for States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California´s Juvenile Justice System
Paperback. 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. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 314 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 68.
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 Chavez-Garcia examines the ideologies and practices used by state institutions as they began to replace families ... Read more
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 Chavez-Garcia examines the ideologies and practices used by state institutions as they began to replace families ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
American Crossroads
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520271722
SKU
V9780520271722
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About Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia 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.
Reviews for States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California´s Juvenile Justice System
"[States of Delinquency] is a tour de force of historical research... A valuable resource for the student and the citizen." Criminal Law & Crim Justice Bks / Criminal Justice Abstracts "Recommended." Choice