Criminal Children: Researching Juvenile Offenders 1820-1920

Name: Criminal Children: Researching Juvenile Offenders 1820-1920
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ISBN: 9781526738080

ISBN-10: 1526738082

ISBN-13: 9781526738080

Edition: 2018

Authors: Emma Watkins, Barry Godfrey

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How were criminal children dealt with in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Over this hundred-year period, ideas about the way children should behave - and how they should be corrected when they misbehaved - changed dramatically, and Emma Watkins and Barry Godfrey, in this accessible and expert guide, provide a fascinating introduction to this neglected subject. They describe a time in which 'juvenile delinquency' was 'invented', when the problem of youth crime and youth gangs developed, and society began to think about how to stop criminal children from developing into criminal adults. Through a selection of short biographies of child criminals, they give readers a direct view…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2018
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English