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Reform and Resistance : Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court by Anne Meis Knupfer (2001, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415925983
ISBN-139780415925983
eBay Product ID (ePID)1883441

Product Key Features

Number of Pages300 Pages
Publication NameReform and Resistance : Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCriminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / General, Criminology
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnne Meis Knupfer
Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, History
FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-019345
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal364.36/09773/1
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction Part I: Professionalization of Delinquency 1. Female Delinquency: Social Reform and Sociology 2. Psycho-Medical Models of Delinquency 3. The "Helping" Professions: Female Probation and Police Officers, and African-American Social Workers Part II: Delinquent Girls In and Out of Juvenile Court 4. Work and Leisure in Delinquent Girls' Lives 5. The Cook County Juvenile Court and Delinquent Girls 6. The Chicago Detention Home and Juvenile Psychopathic Institute Part III: Reform Institutions for Delinquent Girls 7. The Chicago Home for Girls 8. The State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls in Geneva, Illinois 9. The House of the Good Shepherd 10. Conclusion Appendix 1: Notes on Primary Sources Appendix 2:Tables Endnotes Bibliography Index
SynopsisExamining the encounters between the girls and the new arm of the state in Cook County, Illinois, Anne Meis Knupfer illuminates the origin of American notions of gender and delinquency. Combining rigorous research with passionate writing, Reform and Resistance is a good story about bad girls.
LC Classification NumberKFI1796.K58 2001