Defining Deviance

Klappentext Michael A. Rembis is a visiting scholar in the Center for Disability Studies and the department of history at the University at Buffalo. Zusammenfassung An historical study of the treatment of troubled girls! often perceived as threats to the American race

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Michael A. Rembis is a visiting scholar in the Center for Disability Studies and the department of history at the University at Buffalo.

Résumé
An historical study of the treatment of troubled girls, often perceived as threats to the American race

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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. "Segregation of Mental Defectives as a Preventive of Crime, Immorality, and Inefficiency" 13 2. "Defective Children in the Juvenile Court" 33 3. "The Relation Between Morality and Intellect" 53 4. "I Ain't Had Much Schooling" 72 5. "How a Girl of the Road Wins Rides and Influences Motorists" 94 6. "Little Savages" and "Psychopathic Deviates" 119 Epilogue. Defining Deviance in the Late Twentieth Century: The New "New Girl Problem"? 143 Appendix A. Illinois' Involuntary Commitment Law 149 Appendix B. Illinois' Model Sterilization Law 158 Notes 163 Selected Bibliography 199 Index 221 Illustrations follow page 52