The Child Savers by Anthony M Platt
Hailed as a definitive analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system, this 40th anniversary edition of The Child Savers features a new essay by Anthony M. Platt that highlights recent directions in the field, as well as a critique of his original text.Focusing on social reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Platt's principal argument is 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. This expanded edition provides a renewed and distinguished contribution by placing it in historical context through insightful commentaries from cross-disciplinary academics, along with an essay by Miroslava Ch vez-Garc a examining how Platt's influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today.
Anthony M. Platt is a professor in the School of Social Work at California State University at Sacramento. He is the author of The Politics of Riot Commissions, and coauthor of Policing America and The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove: An Analysis of the U.S. Police.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226670720 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226670724 |
| Title | The Child Savers |
| Author | Anthony M Platt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1977-06-15 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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