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

States of delinquency : race and science in the making of California's juvenile justice system / Miroslava Chavez-Garcia.

Author/creator	Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	xiv, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.) Preston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.) Juvenile justice, Administration of--California --History. Minority youth--California --History. Juvenile delinquents--California --History. Crime and race--California --History. Eugenics--California --History.

Series	American crossroads ; 35
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011033524
ISBN	9780520271715 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520271722 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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