Reform and Resistance Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court

Name: Reform and Resistance Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court
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ISBN: 9780415925983

ISBN-10: 0415925983

ISBN-13: 9780415925983

Edition: 2001

Authors: Anne Meis Knupfer

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Anne Meis Knupfer presents a thorough study of the Cook County Juvenile Court in Chicago. The study provides an examination of adolescence, sex, delinquency, race and gender with a specific focus on young incorrigible women.

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Professionalization of Delinquency



Female Delinquency: Social Reform and Sociology



Psycho-Medical Models of Delinquency



The "Helping" Professions: Female Probation and Police Officers, and African-American Social Workers



Delinquent Girls In and Out of Juvenile Court



Work and Leisure in Delinquent Girls' Lives



The Cook County Juvenile Court and Delinquent Girls



The Chicago Detention Home and Juvenile Psychopathic Institute



Reform Institutions for Delinquent Girls



The Chicago Home for Girls



The State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls in Geneva, Illinois



The House of the Good Shepherd



Conclusion



Notes on Primary Sources



Tables


Endnotes


Bibliography


Index