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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Series:American crossroads.
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Table of 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.