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- Title
IN RETROSPECT: ANTHONY M. PLATT'S THE CHILD SAVERS: THE INVENTION OF DELINQUENCY.
- Authors
Chávez-García, Miroslava
- Abstract
The article discusses the impact of the book "The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency," by Anthony M. Platt which was a study of reformers and the juvenile court system in the U.S. during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author pays particular attention to the forces that shaped Platt himself and subsequently influenced his important book.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHILD Savers: The Invention of Delinquency, The (Book); PLATT, Anthony M.; LEGAL status of children; JUVENILE justice administration; JUVENILE courts; SOCIAL reformers
- Publication
Reviews in American History, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 3, p464
- ISSN
0048-7511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/rah.2007.0051