Juvenile justice in the making
By: David S. Tanenhaus.
Series: Studies in crime and public policy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Juvenile courts -- United States -- History; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States -- History
Description: "In his narrative history of the rise and workings of America's first juvenile court, David S. Tanenhaus explores the funadmental and enduring question of how the law should treat the young. Sifting through almost 3,000 previously unexamined Chicago case files from the early twentieth century, Tanenhaus reveals how children's advocates slowly built up a separate court system for juveniles, all the while fighting political and legal battles to legitimate this controversial institution. In the process, the juvenile court became a catalyst for the development of the American welfare state, the medicalization of child rearing, and the beginnings of innovative community organizing programs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining a children's court; title: Building a model court; title: Preserving the family; title: Legitimating juvenile justice; title: Medicalizing delinquency; title: Organizing the community.