Reform and resistance : gender, delinquency, and America's first juvenile court

Reform and resistance : gender, delinquency, and America's first juvenile court / Anne Meis Knupfer.

Author/creator	Knupfer, Anne Meis, 1951-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, 2001.
Description	x, 290 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Illinois. Juvenile Court (Cook County)--History. Juvenile courts--Illinois --Cook County --History. Female juvenile delinquents--Legal status, laws, etc. --Illinois --Cook County --History. Juvenile delinquency--Illinois --Cook County --History.

Contents	pt. 1. The professionalization of delinquency. Female delinquency : social reform and sociology -- Psychomedical models of delinquency -- The "helping" professions : female probation and police officers and African-American social workers -- pt. 2. Delinquent girls in and out of the juvenile court. Work and leisure in delinquent girls' lives -- The Cook County Juvenile Court and delinquent girls -- The Chicago Detention Home and Juvenile Psychopathic Institute -- pt. 3. Reform institutions for delinquent girls. The Chicago Home for Girls -- The State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls in Geneva, Illinois -- The House of the Good Shepherd.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index.
LCCN	2001019345 00045730
ISBN	0415925975 (hb)
ISBN	0415925983 (pb)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	KFI1796 .K58 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold