Juvenile Justice in the Making

by Tanenhaus, David S.; Dohrn, Bernardine

• ISBN13: 9780195306507
• ISBN10: 0195306503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In his engaging narrative history of the rise and workings of America's first juvenile court, David S. Tanenhaus explores the fundamental and enduring question of how the law should treat the young. Sifting through almost 3,000 previously unexamined Chicago case files from the early twentiethcentury, Tanenhaus reveals how children's advocates slowly built up a separate system for juveniles, all the while fighting political and legal battles to legitimate this controversial institution. Harkening back to a more hopeful and nuanced age, Juvenile Justice in the Making provides a valuablehistorical framework for thinking about youth policy.

Author Biography

Co-editor of A Century of Juvenile Justice and Editor of the Law and History Review, David S. Tanenhaus is Associate Professor of History and the James E. Rogers Professor of History and Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Imagining a Children's Court

Building a Model Court

Preserving the Family

Legitimating Juvenile Justice

Medicalizing Delinquency

Organizing the Community

Conclusion

Appendix: The Cook County Juvenile Court Case Files

Notes

Bibliographic Essay

Index

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