MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aChávez-García, Miroslava,$d1968-
245 10 $aStates of delinquency :$brace and science in the making of California's juvenile justice system /$cMiroslava Chavez-Garcia.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2012.
300 $axiv, 290 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aAmerican crossroads ;$v35
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
505 0 $aBuilding 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.
650 0 $aJuvenile justice, Administration of$zCalifornia$xHistory.
650 0 $aMinority youth$zCalifornia$xHistory.
650 0 $aJuvenile delinquents$zCalifornia$xHistory.
650 0 $aCrime and race$zCalifornia$xHistory.
650 0 $aEugenics$zCalifornia$xHistory.
610 20 $aWhittier State School (Whittier, Calif.)
610 20 $aPreston School of Industry (Ione, Calif.)