Ebook: In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics
Author: Nourse Victoria F., Skinner Jack T
- Tags: Skinner Jack T. -- -1977 -- Trials litigation etc. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Oklahoma. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States. Eugenics -- United States -- History. USA / Oberster Gerichtshof. Prozess. Eugenik. Zwangssterilisation. Oklahoma.
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- City: Oklahoma
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
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In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.
Abstract: In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics