Juvenile Justice in the Making

by David Spinoza Tanenhaus and David S. Tanenhaus

Book Overview

In his engaging narrative history of the rise and workings of America's first juvenile court, David S. Tanenhaus explores the fundamental and enduring question of how the law should treat the young. Sifting through almost 3,000 previously unexamined Chicago case files from the early twentieth century, Tanenhaus reveals how children's advocates slowly built up a separate system for juveniles, all the while fighting political and legal battles to legitimate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195306503
• ISBN13: 9780195306507
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"