States of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California's Juvenile Justice System (American Crossroads) (Volume 35)
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia examines the development of California’s juvenile justice system through the intersecting histories of race and science. This scholarly work explores how institutions and ideas about juvenile delinquency took shape, offering historical perspective on law, social policy, and the American experience.
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States of Delinquency examines the making of California’s juvenile justice system.
The book focuses on the relationship between race and science in the development of ideas and institutions surrounding juvenile delinquency.
It offers a historical and social analysis of juvenile justice in California, connecting the subject to broader questions about law, classification, and public policy.
Written by Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, this is Volume 35 in the American Crossroads series.
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