{"product_id":"the-child-savers-the-invention-of-delinquency-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813545363","title":"The Child Savers The Invention of Delinquency","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system. Focusing on social reformers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this work argues that the 'child savers' movement was not an effort to liberate and dignify youth but, instead, a punitive and intrusive attempt to control the lives of working-class urban adolescents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Child Savers\u003c\/i\u003e deeply influenced me and dozens of other feminist scholars who have studied social policy critically. This reissue is remarkable in allowing us to rethink it, and nowhere more valuable than in Tony Platt's own thoughtful reconsideration.\" -- Linda Gordon * professor of history, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Child Savers\u003c\/i\u003e, at forty, is a classic. Accompanied by lively contributions that reflect on its impact and outline recent research, this new edition will ensure that the book lives on, its message always challenging, its relevance undiminished.\" -- Hugh Cunningham * Professor Emeritus of Social History, University of Kent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Child Savers\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic, and the updated edition is even more relevant today; a must for the informed public and the perceptive student.\" -- Jock Young * Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York *\u003cbr\u003e\"Like a bracing wind, Platt's brilliant inquiry into the oxymoron of juvenile justice demands again that we upend our ritualized system of punishing, containing and crushing our defiant young.\" -- Bernardine Dohrn * Northwestern University School of Law *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Retrospect: Anthony M. Platt's The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency, by Miroslava Chávez-García\u003cbr\u003eThe Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency\u003cbr\u003eThe Child Savers Reconsidered, by Anthony M. Platt\u003cbr\u003eThe Child Savers and Three Cycles of Juvenile Justice Reform in Twentieth-Century America, by William Bush\u003cbr\u003eWomen and Kids in the Court: Feminist History and Anthony Platt's The Child Savers, by Tamara Myers\u003cbr\u003e\"The \"Other\" Child-Savers: Racial Politics of the Parental State,\" by Geoff Ward","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405779673431,"sku":"9780813545363","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813545363.jpg?v=1730493588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-child-savers-the-invention-of-delinquency-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813545363","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}