The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency - Couverture souple

Platt, Anthony M.

 
9780813545363: The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0813545366 ISBN 13 : 9780813545363
Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

Focusing on social reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Platt's principal argument is that the "child savers" movement was not an effort to liberate and dignify youth but, instead, a punitive and intrusive attempt to control the lives of working-class urban adolescents. This expanded edition provides a renewed and distinguished contribution by placing it in historical context through insightful commentaries from cross-disciplinary academics, along with an essay by Miroslava Chávez-García examining how Platt's influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today.

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À propos de l?auteur

ANTHONY M. PLATT is a professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of several books on American history, social policy, and race relations.

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Éditeur
Rutgers University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813545366
ISBN 13 
9780813545363
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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