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Whittier State School was originally established in 1889 as the State Reform School for juvenile Offenders; it opened in 1891. Fifty years later, in 1941, legislators changed the name to Fred C. Nelles School for Boys in honor of Superintendent Nelles, the much beloved administrator whose term spanned from 1912 to 1927, when he died. The State of California shut down the Nelles School in the summer of 2004, citing fiscal deficits. Note on sources and privacy use: According to the California Government Code, Section 12237, as of January 1, 2005, all items seventy-five years or older that are on deposit in the State Archives shall be accessible to the public. This means that all of the records, including photographs, used in this study are open to the public. Therefore, I have kept the original names of all individuals discussed in this article. I identify as Mexican Americans people of Mexican origin and of Mexican descent, including those persons born in the United States a
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Whittier State School was originally established in 1889 as the State Reform School for juvenile Offenders; it opened in 1891. Fifty years later, in 1941, legislators changed the name to Fred C. Nelles School for Boys in honor of Superintendent Nelles, the much beloved administrator whose term spanned from 1912 to 1927, when he died. The State of California shut down the Nelles School in the summer of 2004, citing fiscal deficits. Note on sources and privacy use: According to the California Government Code, Section 12237, as of January 1, 2005, "all items seventy-five years or older that are on deposit in the State Archives shall be accessible to the public." This means that all of the records, including photographs, used in this study are open to the public. Therefore, I have kept the original names of all individuals discussed in this article. I identify as Mexican Americans people of Mexican origin and of Mexican descent, including those persons born in the United States and with at least one parent of Mexican ancestry; this category also includes those born in Mexico who became naturalized U.S. citizens. I identify as Mexicans those who were born in Mexico and did not self identify as Indian.
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Whittier was originally established as a coeducational institution and housed boys and girls in separate departments run by separate administrators. In 1913, after much discussion, the Girls' Department was closed and the California School for Girls was opened on Whittier State School grounds until a permanent school was built. Finally, in 1916 the school moved to Ventura where it became known as the Ventura School for Girls. According to psychologist Grace M. Fernald, females at Whittier's Girls' Department received tests as early as 1912 and continued to do so in the mid-1910s at the California School for Girls and, later, at the Ventura School for Girls. I have yet to find the results of any of those tests. For Fernald's statements on girls and testing, see Grace M. Fernald, Report of the Psychological work in the California School for Girls, Journal of Delinquency, 1 1916, 22-31
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Whittier was originally established as a coeducational institution and housed boys and girls in separate departments run by separate administrators. In 1913, after much discussion, the Girls' Department was closed and the California School for Girls was opened on Whittier State School grounds until a permanent school was built. Finally, in 1916 the school moved to Ventura where it became known as the Ventura School for Girls. According to psychologist Grace M. Fernald, females at Whittier's Girls' Department received tests as early as 1912 and continued to do so in the mid-1910s at the California School for Girls and, later, at the Ventura School for Girls. I have yet to find the results of any of those tests. For Fernald's statements on girls and testing, see Grace M. Fernald, "Report of the Psychological work in the California School for Girls," Journal of Delinquency, 1 (1916), 22-31.
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Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of studies have been carried out on science and eugenics and their social implications. For this study, the following works have been consulted: Alexandra M. Stern, Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (Berkeley, 2005)
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The literature on the Progressive movement in general and educational reform in particular is vast. Among the most useful for this article have been: Mary Odem, Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920 (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1995)
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For more on the tests' contents, see Alexandra M. Stern, An Empire of Tests: Psychometrics and the Paradoxes of Nationalism in the Americas, in Ann Laura Stoler, ed., Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History (Durham, N.C., 2006), 560-592.
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For more on the tests' contents, see Alexandra M. Stern, "An Empire of Tests: Psychometrics and the Paradoxes of Nationalism in the Americas," in Ann Laura Stoler, ed., Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History (Durham, N.C., 2006), 560-592.
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Report of the Department of Research
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For IQ scales and their meaning as used at Whittier State School, see, Biennial Report
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For IQ scales and their meaning as used at Whittier State School, see Williams, "Report of the Department of Research," Biennial Report...1915-1916, 57-58, 62, 66.
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(1915)
, vol.57-58
, Issue.62
, pp. 66
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Williams1
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According to Zenderland, Measuring Minds, 241-42, especially footnote 54, Alfred Binet later modified his stance on the role of language.
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According to Zenderland, Measuring Minds, 241-42, especially footnote 54, Alfred Binet later modified his stance on the role of language.
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Fernald's quotes cited in Zenderland, Measuring Minds, 240-241.
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34249942385
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In time, Binet too questioned the results of the tests, particularly regarding differences among social classes. Upper-class children in France, he admitted, had verbal skills superior to those of their lower-class counterparts. Rich children, he wrote, lived in a superior environment from the point of view of language, they hear a more correct language and one that is more expressive. Binet is cited in ibid. 241-242.
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In time, Binet too questioned the results of the tests, particularly regarding differences among social classes. Upper-class children in France, he admitted, had verbal skills superior to those of their lower-class counterparts. Rich children, he wrote, lived "in a superior environment from the point of view of language, they hear a more correct language and one that is more expressive." Binet is cited in ibid. 241-242.
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The other observations come from Blanton, "'They Cannot Master Abstractions,'" 1016
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for more on the larger critiques of intelligence tests, see
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for more on the larger critiques of intelligence tests, see Kevles, "Testing the Army's Intelligence," 574-576.
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Testing the Army's Intelligence
, pp. 574-576
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Kevles1
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Goddard cited in Zenderland, Measuring Minds, 250.
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Goddard cited in Zenderland, Measuring Minds, 250.
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Most psychologists generally said little about language. As historian Leila Zenderland has observed, by 1917 professional psychologists kept debates about intelligence and the relationship to language skill, schooling, and social environment...largely hidden from the public and amongst themselves. Ibid.
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Most psychologists generally said little about language. As historian Leila Zenderland has observed, by 1917 professional psychologists kept debates about intelligence and the "relationship to language skill, schooling, and social environment...largely hidden from the public and amongst themselves." Ibid.
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41, 35
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Williams1
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Stern2
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8, 15
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Williams1
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For the studies Williams cited as support for his own work, see ibid. 30-33, 38-39.
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For the so-called degenerate family study, see, for instance, New York
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Unlike in Texas, where some intelligence testers made color and class distinctions among lighter- and darker-skinned as well as among working- and middle-class Mexicans they examined, researchers in California made no overt attempt to classify their subjects in a similar vein. In this context, social scientists' racial categories were more rigid and stark in California than those developed in Texas. Williams and his colleagues did not perceive such a complex portrait of the Mexican population. For more on the findings in Texas, see Blanton, 'They Cannot Master Abstractions,' 1014-1026.
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Unlike in Texas, where some intelligence testers made color and class distinctions among lighter- and darker-skinned as well as among working- and middle-class Mexicans they examined, researchers in California made no overt attempt to classify their subjects in a similar vein. In this context, social scientists' racial categories were more rigid and stark in California than those developed in Texas. Williams and his colleagues did not perceive such a complex portrait of the Mexican population. For more on the findings in Texas, see Blanton, "'They Cannot Master Abstractions,'" 1014-1026.
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In that study, Williams presented pie charts indicating the proportion of feebleminded boys among whites, blacks, and Mexicans but did not give precise percentages. Those figures are found in his later publication, A Study of 150 Delinquent Boys.
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In that study, Williams presented pie charts indicating the proportion of feebleminded boys among whites, blacks, and Mexicans but did not give precise percentages. Those figures are found in his later publication, A Study of 150 Delinquent Boys.
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For more on the Mexican problem, particularly as it was conceived and dealt with in California in the early 1900s, see, for example, Albert Camarillo, Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California, 1848-1930 (Cambridge, Mass., 1979), 225-226
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For more on the "Mexican problem," particularly as it was conceived and dealt with in California in the early 1900s, see, for example, Albert Camarillo, Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California, 1848-1930 (Cambridge, Mass., 1979), 225-226
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Austin, Tex
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and Gilbert G. González, Culture of Empire: American Writers, Mexico, and Mexican Immigrants, 1880-1930 (Austin, Tex., 2004).
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González, G.G.1
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For variations of this hierarchy, particularly as they worked out in Texas, see Blanton, 'They Cannot Master Abstractions,' 1014-1026; for a study claiming to have developed a comparative racial intelligence hierarchy at the national level, see William H. Sheldon, Intelligence of Mexican Children, School and Society, 19 (Feb. 2, 1924), 139-142.
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For variations of this hierarchy, particularly as they worked out in Texas, see Blanton, "'They Cannot Master Abstractions,'" 1014-1026; for a study claiming to have developed a comparative racial intelligence hierarchy at the national level, see William H. Sheldon, "Intelligence of Mexican Children," School and Society, 19 (Feb. 2, 1924), 139-142.
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For more on ideas about race, blood, and nation in the nineteenth century, see Reginald Horsman, Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of Racial Anglo-Saxonism (Cambridge, Mass., 1981).
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Nelles's statements are found in Nelles, Wards of the State: Suggestions Regarding their Scientific Segregation and Re-Distribution into Proper Groups for Effective Treatment, Biennial Report... 1914 11-12
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Nelles's statements are found in Nelles, "Wards of the State: Suggestions Regarding their Scientific Segregation and Re-Distribution into Proper Groups for Effective Treatment," Biennial Report... 1914 11-12
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for evidence of Nelles's belief in hereditarianism, see Nelles, Report of Superintendent, Biennial Report... 1915-1916, 6-8, 14.
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for evidence of Nelles's belief in hereditarianism, see Nelles, "Report of Superintendent," Biennial Report... 1915-1916, 6-8, 14.
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, pp. 8-10
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Nelles1
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, vol.1918
, pp. 10
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119
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Quote cited in Nelles, "Superintendent's Report," Biennial Report... 1914, 30.
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, pp. 4-6
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Nelles1
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125
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Testing the Army's Intelligence
, pp. 565-581
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Race, Region, and Education: An Analysis of Black and White Scores on the 1917 Army Alpha Intelligence Tests
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John L. Rury, "Race, Region, and Education: An Analysis of Black and White Scores on the 1917 Army Alpha Intelligence Tests," Journal of Negro Education, 57 (1988), 51-65
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, vol.57
, pp. 51-65
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On the testing of all children, see González, Racism, Education, and the Mexican Community in Los Angeles, 293-294, and Nelles, Superintendent's Report, Bennial Report... 1918, 4-9.
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On the testing of all children, see González, "Racism, Education, and the Mexican Community in Los Angeles," 293-294, and Nelles, "Superintendent's Report," Bennial Report... 1918, 4-9.
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For examples of the analyses derived from the tests given to students, see Kimball Young, Mental Differences in Certain Immigrant Groups Eugene, Ore, 1922
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For examples of the analyses derived from the tests given to students, see Kimball Young, Mental Differences in Certain Immigrant Groups (Eugene, Ore., 1922)
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Racial Differences in the Mental and Physical Development of Mexican Children
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Franklin C. Paschal, "Racial Differences in the Mental and Physical Development of Mexican Children," Comparative Psychology Monographs 3 (1926), 1-76
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, vol.3
, pp. 1-76
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These and all figures come from my tabulation of the extant data in the Whittier State School case files for the first thirty years of the school's existence. These records include some 3,816 case files
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These and all figures come from my tabulation of the extant data in the Whittier State School case files for the first thirty years of the school's existence. These records include some 3,816 case files.
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, vol.107
, pp. 314
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Case1
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135
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34249937232
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Whittier Collection; for Arthur Pierce, see Case No. 3586, 107 (1919), p. 315, in ibid.
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Whittier Collection; for Arthur Pierce, see Case No. 3586, vol. 107 (1919), p. 315, in ibid.
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For the statute describing the population of boys allowable at Preston, see California Statutes, 1889, chapter 53, section 15, p. 103.
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, pp. 103
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Preston1
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137
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For Leonard Horn's case, see Case File No. 3174, 106 (1916), pp. 285-286, Whittier Collection.
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For Leonard Horn's case, see Case File No. 3174, vol. 106 (1916), pp. 285-286, Whittier Collection.
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138
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, pp. 1232
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139
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For the statute defining the process to transfer a boy or girl from a state school to a state hospital, see California Statutes, 1917, chapter 776, section 34, p. 1630
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For the statute defining the process to transfer a boy or girl from a state school to a state hospital, see California Statutes, 1917, chapter 776, section 34, p. 1630.
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140
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For James López's case, see Case File No. 3238, 106 (1916), pp. 349-350, Whittier Collection.
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For James López's case, see Case File No. 3238, vol. 106 (1916), pp. 349-350, Whittier Collection.
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For studies on the segregation of Mexican-origin children in Mexican schools and the struggles to overturn that practice, see, for instance, George I. Sánchez, Concerning Segregation of Spanish-Speaking Children in the Public Schools, Inter American Education Occasional Papers, 9 Austin, Tex, 1951
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For studies on the segregation of Mexican-origin children in Mexican schools and the struggles to overturn that practice, see, for instance, George I. Sánchez, "Concerning Segregation of Spanish-Speaking Children in the Public Schools," Inter American Education Occasional Papers, 9 (Austin, Tex., 1951)
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Tucson, chapter two
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and Reynaldo Anaya Valencia, Sonia R. García, Henry Flores, and José Roberto Suarez, Jr., Mexican Americans and the Law: El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sers Veneido (Tucson, 2004), chapter two.
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Mexican Americans and the Law: El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sers Veneido
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García, S.R.2
Flores, H.3
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For a dramatic reenactment of that same struggle in San Diego County, see The Lemon Grove Incident, produced and written by Paul Espinosa and directed by Frank Christopher, 58 min., Cinema Guild, 1985, available on videocassette.
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For a dramatic reenactment of that same struggle in San Diego County, see The Lemon Grove Incident, produced and written by Paul Espinosa and directed by Frank Christopher, 58 min., Cinema Guild, 1985, available on videocassette.
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34249943156
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For Joe López's case, see Case File No. 3304, 107 (1917), pp. 33-34, Whittier Collection.
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For Joe López's case, see Case File No. 3304, vol. 107 (1917), pp. 33-34, Whittier Collection.
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Changes in the Nature of the Population at Whittier State School
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For Nelles's comments, see
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For Nelles's comments, see Nelles, "Changes in the Nature of the Population at Whittier State School," Journal of Delinquency, 9 (1925), 231-232.
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Journal of Delinquency
, vol.9
, pp. 231-232
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Nelles1
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California Statutes
, pp. 102
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For more on the connection between culture and low educational performance in the 1930s, see Blanton, From Intellectual Deficiency to Cultural Deficiency for more on the perceived links between youth of Mexican descent and criminality in the 1940s, see Edward J. Escobar, Race, Police, and the Making of a Political Identity: Mexican Americans and the Los Angeles Police Department, 1900-1945 (Berkeley, 1999)
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For more on the connection between culture and low educational performance in the 1930s, see Blanton, "From Intellectual Deficiency to Cultural Deficiency" for more on the perceived links between youth of Mexican descent and criminality in the 1940s, see Edward J. Escobar, Race, Police, and the Making of a Political Identity: Mexican Americans and the Los Angeles Police Department, 1900-1945 (Berkeley, 1999)
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and Eduardo Obregón Pagán, Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime Los Angeles (Chapel Hill, N.C., 2003).
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For works that examine Mexican and Mexican American youth in the pre-World War II era, see, Donna Gabaccia, ed, Westport, Conn
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For works that examine Mexican and Mexican American youth in the pre-World War II era, see Vicki L. Ruiz, "The Flapper and the Chaperone: Historical Memory among Mexican-American Women," in Donna Gabaccia, ed., Seeking Common Ground: Multidisciplinary Studies of Immigrant Women in the United States (Westport, Conn., 1992), 141-157
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Seeking Common Ground: Multidisciplinary Studies of Immigrant Women in the United States
, pp. 141-157
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