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

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...

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Main Author: Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Series:American crossroads ; 35.
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