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Ages of Anxiety: Historical and Transnational Perspectives on Juvenile Justice
Contributor(s): Bush, William S. (Editor), Tanenhaus, David S. (Editor)
ISBN: 1479833215     ISBN-13: 9781479833214
Publisher: New York University Press
OUR PRICE:   $46.55  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: July 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Criminology
- Law | Child Advocacy
Dewey: 364.36
LCCN: 2017055036
Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Six compelling histories of youth crime in the twentieth century

Ages of Anxiety presents six case studies of juvenile justice policy in the twentieth century from around the world, adding context to the urgent and international conversation about youth, crime, and justice. By focusing on magistrates, social workers, probation and police officers, and youth themselves, editors William S. Bush and David S. Tanenhaus highlight the role of ordinary people as meaningful and consequential historical actors.

After providing an international perspective on the social history of ideas about how children are different from adults, the contributors explain why those differences should matter for the administration of justice. They examine how reformers used the idea of modernization to build and legitimize juvenile justice systems in Europe and Mexico, and present histories of policing and punishing youth crime.

Ages of Anxiety introduces a new theoretical model for interpreting historical research to demonstrate the usefulness of social histories of children and youth for policy analysis and decision-making in the twenty-first century. Shedding new light on the substantive aims of the juvenile court, the book is a historically informed perspective on the critical topic of youth, crime, and justice.

Contributor Bio(s): Bush, William S.: - William S. Bush is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. He is the author of Who Gets a Childhood?: Race and Juvenile Justice in Twentieth Century Texas and Circuit Riders for Mental Health.Tanenhaus, David S.: - David S. Tanenhaus is Professor of History and James E. Rogers Professor of History and Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of The Constitutional Rights of Children and Juvenile Justice in the Making. He is also co-editor, with Franklin Zimring, of the series Youth, Crime, and Justice for NYU Press.