Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Buck v. Bell
Definition
- The Supreme Court decision in Buck v. Bell (1927) was the culmination of a national movement to improve the quality of the population by implementing eugenic notions of heredity and racial improvement at the expense of individual rights. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Buck v. Bell]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1927
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Buck_v._Bell
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