Reform and Resistance : Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court

Knupfer, Anne Meis

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Examining the encounters between the girls and the new arm of the state in Cook County, Illinois, Anne Meis Knupfer illuminates the origin of American notions of gender and delinquency. Combining rigorous research with passionate writing, Reform and Resistance is a good story about bad girls.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415925983
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	04 Oct 2001
DEWEY:	345.773087
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	446g
Height:	231mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	23mm