Criminal Children: Researching Juvenile Offenders 1820-1920

by Emma Watkins and Barry Godfrey

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',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526738082
• ISBN13: 9781526738080
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Family History
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"