Defining Deviance

Michael A. Rembis is the director of the Center for Disability Studies and an assistant professor of history at the University at Buffalo.

• Acknowledgments   ixIntroduction   11. "Segregation of Mental Defectives as a Preventive of Crime, Immorality, and Inefficiency"   132. "Defective Children in the Juvenile Court"   333. "The Relation Between Morality and Intellect"   534. "I Ain't Had Much Schooling"   725. "How a Girl of the Road Wins Rides and Influences Motorists"   946. "Little Savages" and "Psychopathic Deviates"   119Epilogue. Defining Deviance in the Late Twentieth Century: The New "New Girl Problem"?   143Appendix A. Illinois' Involuntary Commitment Law   149Appendix B. Illinois' Model Sterilization Law   158Notes   163Selected Bibliography   199Index   221Illustrations follow page 52

"Gripping first-hand narratives coupled with compelling statistics. . . .  Rembis's robust research, careful methodology, and keen analyses make this book a worthwhile read."--Disability & Society"Engaging. . . . careful and thoughtful scholarship."--The Annals of Iowa"[Defining Deviance] brings to life new material on the policing of adolescent female sexuality and provides a new perspective on the rise of the therapeutic state."--Social Service Review "Michael A. Rembis rightly and bravely uses the example of female delinquency to make sharp historical and contemporary analyses of eugenics and disability. The smart, analytical, and broad historical context Rembis provides will elicit marvelous student discussions of questions of gender, power, deviance, and historical change."--Kim E. Nielsen, author of Beyond the Miracle Worker: The Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship With Helen Keller "An excellent history of the involuntary commitment of delinquent girls. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice