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academic discourse.
analytical study
Anthony M. Platt
Author_Anthony M. Platt
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child savers
child welfare
control
Crime analysis.
Crime prevention
Crime statistics
Criminal behavior
Criminal investigation
criminal justice
Criminal justice ethics
Criminal justice policy
Criminal justice system
Criminal law
Criminal profiling
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historical context
historical study
history
juvenile delinquency
juvenile justice system
Miroslava Chavez-Garcia
punitive measures
reform movements
social control
social justice
social reform
social reformers
social science
sociopolitical context
urban youth
working-class urban adolescents
working-class youth
Wounded Knee
youth advocacy
youth liberation
Product details
- ISBN 9780813545363
- Weight: 426g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 Apr 2009
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 intrusive attempt to control the lives of working-class urban adolescents. This expanded edition provides a renewed and distinguished contribution by placing it in historical context through insightful commentaries from cross-disciplinary academics, along with an essay by Miroslava ChÁvez-GarcÍa examining how Platt's influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today.
ANTHONY M. PLATT is a professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of several books on American history, social policy, and race relations.
