Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System
by
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
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...