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- Title
"THE CRIME OF PRECOCIOUS SEXUALITY" CELEBRATES THIRTY YEARS: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL.
- Authors
Chavez-Garcia, Miroslava
- Abstract
The article offers a critique of the work "The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era," by Steven Schlossman and Stephanie Wallach published in the "Harvard Educational Review" in 1978. The piece is described as a classic study in juvenile justice, criminal justice, and women's history. It is noted that the authors identified the ideologies and practices shaping the lives of girls during the industrialization of the U.S. and the paternalistic reforms aimed at curbing changes in sexual customs during the Progressive era. The scholarship and public policy of the 1960s and 1970s that informed the researchers' work and the areas of research that are still lacking in addressing the intersection of gender, class, race, and ethnicity are discussed.
- Subjects
JUVENILE delinquency; JUVENILE corrections; SEX customs; HISTORY of female juvenile offenders; DELINQUENT youths; YOUTHS' sexual behavior; WALLACH, Stephanie; SCHOLARLY communication; SCHLOSSMAN, Steven; LAW; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of the History of Childhood & Youth, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, p88
- ISSN
1939-6724
- Publication type
Article