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The Black Child-Savers Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice

Title
The Black Child-Savers [electronic resource] : Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice / GEOFF K. WARD.
Author
Ward, Geoff K.
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

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Description
1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Black Child-Savers (Online)
Alternative Title
Black Child-Savers (Online)
Subject
  • Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States > History
  • Discrimination in juvenile justice administration > United States > History
  • African American children > Legal status, laws, etc. > History. > United States
  • Juvenile courts > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction: The rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice -- Part I: The origins and organization of Jim Crow juvenile justice -- Citizen delinquent : race, liberal democracy, and the rehabilitative ideal -- No refuge under law : racialized foundations of juvenile justice reform -- Birth of a juvenile court -- The social organization of Jim Crow justice -- Part II: Rewriting the racial contract : the black child-saving movement -- Uplifting black citizens delinquent : the Vanguard movement, 1900-1930 -- Institutionalizing racial justice : the Black surrogate parental state, 1930-1965 -- The early spoils of integration -- Conclusion : the declining significance of inclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
LCCN
2011035702
OCLC
ssj0000676835
Author
Ward, Geoff K.
Title
The Black Child-Savers [electronic resource] : Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice / GEOFF K. WARD.
Imprint
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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