Dangers of youth : age, criminality, and Juvenile justice reform in Third Republic France / Briony Neilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neilson, Briony, author.

Series:

States, people, and the history of social change ; Volume 13.

States, People, and the History of Social Change Series ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2025]

Summary:

In 1912 French legislators established a distinct criminal justice system for juveniles, enshrining probation at its heart and decriminalizing offences committed by children under the age of thirteen. Dangers of Youth examines critical debates about juvenile liability and the appropriate treatment of young offenders.

Contents:

Cover

DANGERS OF YOUTH

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Raising Children and Adolescents in the Third Republic

2 The Société générale des prisons and Reforming Criminal Justice

3 Presuming Innocence? Age and Discretionary Justice

4 Protective Incarceration? Institutionalizing Juveniles

5 The Republican Army as a School of Moralization?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-2435-8

0-2280-2434-X