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The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency

By Anthony M. Platt, Miroslava Chávez-García (Introduction)
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By Anthony M. Platt, Miroslava Chávez-García (Introduction)
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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 int...

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Social SciencesLawCriminologyCriminal Law & ProcedureCourts & Trial PracticeJuvenile DelinquencyJuvenile JusticeCourts & Trial Practice - General & MiscellaneousJuvenile justice, Administration of->United States