From the case files: reconstructing a history of involuntary sterilisation.

By: Deborah C. Park & John P. Radford.
Series: Disability & Society 13 (3) June 1998: 317-342.Publisher: 1998Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CASE STUDIES | STERILISATION | UNITED STATES OF AMERICASummary: Although it is well-known that numerous jurisdictions North America adopted legislation in the twentieth century allowing the involuntary sterilisation of persons dignosed as 'mentally deficiant, analysis of its implementation has rarely progressed beyond the examination of the legislation and the aggregate data presented in official reports.In this paper we analyse the case files of the Eugenics Board for the province of Alberta. They afford us a richer understanding of the culture which sanctioned the pratice of forcible serilisation. [AJ]
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Although it is well-known that numerous jurisdictions North America adopted legislation in the twentieth century allowing the involuntary sterilisation of persons dignosed as 'mentally deficiant, analysis of its implementation has rarely progressed beyond the examination of the legislation and the aggregate data presented in official reports.In this paper we analyse the case files of the Eugenics Board for the province of Alberta. They afford us a richer understanding of the culture which sanctioned the pratice of forcible serilisation. [AJ]

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