The child savers
Subtitle: the invention of delinquency
By: Anthony M. Platt ; with an introduction and critical commentaries compiled by Miroslava Chávez-García.
Contributors: Chavez-Garcia, Miroslava, 1968-
Edition: Expanded 40th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780813545363
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency -- United States; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States; Juvenile courts -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Images of delinquency, 1870-1900; title: The new penology; title: Maternal justice; title: The child-saving movement in Illinois; title: The fate of the juvenile court; title: A concluding note.