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After the Doors Were Locked : A History of Youth Corrections in California and the Origins of Twenty-First Century Reform.

Macallair, Daniel E.

After the Doors Were Locked : A History of Youth Corrections in California and the Origins of Twenty-First Century Reform. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (351 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Juvenile Justice in Historical Perspective -- Part I: THE SAN FRANCISCO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AND THE ORIGINS OF YOUTH CORRECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA* -- Chapter 1: The Industrial School's Historical Roots -- Chapter 2: The Founding of the San Francisco Industrial School -- Chapter 3: Reorganization and Reform -- Chapter 4: New Legal Procedures and Jurisprudence -- Chapter 5: New Approaches and the Birth of Probation -- Chapter 6: The Industrial School's Legacy -- Part II: CALIFORNIA ENTERS THE REFORM SCHOOL ERA -- Chapter 7: The California State Penological Commission and the Search for New Approaches -- Chapter 8: Founding of the California Juvenile Court -- Chapter 9: The Whittier State School and the Realities of Institutional Life -- Chapter 10: The Introduction of Intelligence Testing at Whittier and the Emergence of Eugenics -- Chapter 11: Preston and the George Junior Republic Experiment -- Chapter 12: The Establishment of the California School for Girls -- Chapter 13: Preston in the 1920s and 1930s -- Chapter 14: California Commission on the Study of Problem Children and the Reaffirmation of Institutional Care -- Chapter 15: The 1930s -- Part III: FROM REFORM SCHOOL TO CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM: THE CREATION OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY -- Chapter 16: The Death of Benny Moreno -- Chapter 17: The Death of Edward Leiva and the Lindsey Committee -- Chapter 18: The Lindsey Report -- Chapter 19: The Birth of the California Youth Corrections Authority Act -- Chapter 20: Expansion into the 1950s -- Chapter 21: The Birth of Community Treatment -- Part IV: THE YOUTH AUTHORITY'S DECLINE AND FALL -- Chapter 22: Changing Politics of the 1970s and 1980s -- Chapter 23: The Path toward More Punitive Justice -- Chapter 24: The Commonweal Hearings. Chapter 25: The Farrell Litigation and the End of the Youth Authority Era -- Chapter 26: Returning to the Past -- Part V: CONCLUSION -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

After the Doors Were Locked offers a look at the history of youth corrections in California from its origins to the present day. Macallair comments on the practices and how they have evolved throughout the centuries. This book also looks at the reforms currently taking place in California prison systems today.

9781442246720


Juvenile delinquency - California - History.


Electronic books.

HV9105.C2M23 2015

365/.4209794

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