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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony M Platt; Miroslava Chávez-García |
| ISBN: | 9780813545363 0813545366 |
| OCLC Number: | 263146836 |
| Description: | lv, 292 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Images of delinquency, 1870-1900 -- The new penology -- Maternal justice -- The child-saving movement in Illinois -- The fate of the juvenile court -- A concluding note -- Postscript 1977 -- The child savers reconsidered / Anthony M. Platt -- The child savers and three cycles of juvenile justice reform in twentieth-century America / William Bush -- Women and kids in the court : feminist history and Anthony Platt's The child savers / Tamara Myers -- The "other" child savers : racial politics of the parental state / Geoff Ward. |
| Series Title: | Critical issues in crime and society. |
| Responsibility: | Anthony M. Platt ; with an introduction and critical commentaries compiled by Miroslava Chávez-García. |
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