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The
Child Savers
Price: $26.95
Expanded 40th
Anniversary Edition
Subtitle:
The Invention of
Delinquency
Author:
Anthony M. Platt
With an introduction and critical commentaries by Miroslava
Chávez-García
Subject: Criminology,
History
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4536-3
Pages:
344 pages
Publication Date: May 2009
Praise for The Child Savers
"The Child Savers 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
"The Child Savers, 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, Emeritus Professor of Social History, University of Kent
Author of The Invention of Childhood
"Platt's revisionist history of the juvenile court introduced us to a
time of social ferment and political conflict. It challenged,
shaped, and influenced the next generation of historical research on
the origins and administration of juvenile courts. Characterizing
the early juvenile court as an agency of social control of the lower
classes acquired new salience during the "get tough" era of the 1990s
when politicians pledged to "crack down" on youth crime, a euphemism
for urban black males."—Barry C. Feld,
author of Bad Kids: Race and the
Transformation of the Juvenile Court
Description:
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 Chávez-García examining how Platt’s
influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social
scientists and historians face today.
About the Authors:
Anthony
M. Platt is a professor emeritus at California State University,
Sacramento. He is the author of several books on American history,
social policy, and race relations.
Relevant Links:
Tony Platt's Blog
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