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Who gets a childhood? race and juvenile justice in twentieth-century Texas

Title
Who gets a childhood? [electronic resource] : race and juvenile justice in twentieth-century Texas / William S. Bush.
Author
Bush, William S., 1967-
Publication
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource ([xii], 257 p.) : ill., photos, map.
Series Statement
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
Uniform Title
  • Who gets a childhood? (Online)
  • Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
Alternative Title
Who gets a childhood? (Online)
Subject
  • Juvenile justice, Administration of > Texas > History > 20th century
  • Discrimination in juvenile justice administration > Texas > History > 20th century
  • Juvenile delinquents > Texas > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : Race, childhood, and juvenile justice history -- The other lost generation : reform and resistance in the juvenile training schools, 1907-1929 -- Socializing delinquency : child welfare, mental health, and the critique of institutions, 1929-1949 -- Juvenile rehabilitation and the color line : the training school for Black delinquent girls, 1943-1950 -- James Dean and Jim Crow : the failure of reform and the racialization of delinquency in the 1950s -- "Hard to reach" : the politics of delinquency prevention in postwar Houston -- Circling the wagons : the struggle over the Texas Youth Council, 1965-1971 -- Creating a right to treatment : Morales v. Turman, 1971-1988 -- Epilogue : The new American dilemma.
LCCN
2010005961
OCLC
ssj0000431098
Author
Bush, William S., 1967-
Title
Who gets a childhood? [electronic resource] : race and juvenile justice in twentieth-century Texas / William S. Bush.
Imprint
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2010.
Series
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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