Transforming Juvenile Justice
Subtitle: Reform Ideals And  Institutional Realities, 1825-1920
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: May 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780875806037
Subjects: Juvenile offenders; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Juvenile courts; Sociology; USA; Criminology; History; Children's Studies; Juvenile justice, Administrati; Juvenile justice, Administration of; United States
Description: "As juvenile justice dominates the headlines, the time has come to reexamine the history of this controversial institution. In Transforming Juvenile Justice, Steven L. Schlossman traces the evolution of the idea that young lawbreakers, or potential lawbreakers, merit special treatment. He closely examines the Milwaukee Juvenile Court and the Wisconsin State Reform School to reveal how Progressive theory - the belief that rehabilitation and careful oversight should replace punishment of delinquent youth - played out in practice."--Jacket.