Miroslava Chávez-García
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The Child Savers
The Invention of Delinquency
By Anthony M. Platt; Introduction by Miroslava Chávez-García
Rutgers University Press
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. Platt's argues that the "child savers" movement was not altruistic but, instead, a punitive and intrusive attempt to control the lives of working-class urban adolescents. This edition places it in historical context and features an essay by Miroslava Chávez-García examining how Platt's study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today.
- Copyright year: 2009
Negotiating Conquest
Gender and Power in California, 1770s to 1880s
The University of Arizona Press
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