The child savers : the invention of delinquency / Anthony M. Platt ; with an introduction and critical commentaries compiled by Miroslava Chávez-García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Platt, Anthony M.

Contributor:

Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-

Series:

Critical issues in crime and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency--United States.

Juvenile delinquency.

United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile courts--United States.

Juvenile courts.

Physical Description:

lv, 292 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Expanded 40th anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Hailed as a definitive analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system, this 40th anniversary edition of The Child Savers features a new essay by Anthony M. Platt that highlights recent directions in the field, as well as a critique of his original text.

This expanded edition includes insightful commentaries from cross-disciplinary academics, along with an introductory essay by miroslava Chavez-Garcia critically examining how Platt's influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.

ISBN:

9780813545363

0813545366

OCLC:

263146836