The Dozier School for Boys : forensics, survivors, and a painful past
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Author
Murray, Elizabeth A. 1958-
Published
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2020].
Format
Book
Status
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Port Angeles - YA Non-Fic
YA 365.9759 MURRAY
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Cruelty -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Cruelty -- History.
Florida School for Boys -- Juvenile literature.
Florida School for Boys.
Forensic sciences -- Juvenile literature.
Forensic sciences.
Illustrated works.
Informational works.
Reformatories -- Florida -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Reformatories -- Florida -- History.
True crime stories.

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Published
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2020].
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Street Date
1908.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110) and index.
Description
Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where--rather than reforming the children in their care--school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about 100 survivors. Follow this story of institutional abuse, the brave survivors who spoke their truth, and the scientists and others who brought it to light.
Target Audience
Age: 13-18.
Target Audience
Grade 9 to 12.