Juvenile Justice in the Making

ISBN: 9780195306507

出版社: Oxford Univ Pr

出版年: 2005-12

页数: 262

定价: $ 24.80

装帧: Pap

内容简介

In his engaging narrative history of the rise and workings of America's first juvenile court, David S. Tanenhaus explores the fundamental and enduring question of how the law should treat the young. Sifting through almost 3,000 previously unexamined Chicago case files from the early twentieth century, Tanenhaus reveals how children's advocates slowly built up a separate system for juveniles, all the while fighting political and legal battles to legitimate this controversial institution. Harkening back to a more hopeful and nuanced age, "Juvenile Justice in the Making" provides a valuable historical framework for thinking about youth policy.