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Informationen zum Autor Steven L. Schlossman is Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon and author of numerous publications on social history and policy history, with particular emphasis on childhood, education, and juvenile delinquency. Klappentext As juvenile justice dominates the headlines, the time has come to reexamine the history of this controversial institution. In Transforming Juvenile Justice, Steven L. Schlossman traces the evolution of the idea that young lawbreakers, or potential lawbreakers, merit special treatment. He closely examines the Milwaukee Juvenile Court and the Wisconsin State Reform School to reveal how Progressive theory¿the belief that rehabilitation and careful oversight should replace punishment of delinquent youth¿played out in practice.Since its original publication in 1977, Schlossman's history of the juvenile justice system contributed to the debate on the delinquency problem and remains a landmark study today. In an engaging new introduction for this fresh edition of his classic, Schlossman reveals his sources of inspiration and relates his discovery of the rare records that offered an exclusive glimpse into the Milwaukee court's day-to-day operations. His account of the changing definitions of delinquency and reformers' attempts to remedy it offers insights on dilemmas that continue to plague American society. Zusammenfassung Traces the evolution of the idea that young lawbreakers - or potential lawbreakers - merit special treatment! from its conception in the early 19th-century reform school to the creation of the juvenile court in the Progressive Era. His account of the changing definitions of delinquency offers insights on dilemmas that continue in US society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1-The Theory of "Progressive" Juvenile Justice Introduction to Part 1 1 Precedent and Policy The Law of American Juvenile Justice 2 Juvenile Justice in the Age of Jackson 3 Domesticating the House of Refuge The Family Reform School in Victorian America 4 Love on the Move The Juvenile Court Movement in Progressive America Part 2-The Practice of "Progressive" Juvenile Justice Introduction to Part 2 5 The Victorian Reform School A False Start 6 The Heyday of the Family Reform School? 7 The Juvenile Court Movement in Microcosm Milwaukee 8 The Operational Meaning of Noninstitutional Treatment 9 The Heyday of the Juvenile Court? Epilogue Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes Bibliography Bibliography Addendum Index ...
