Juvenile Justice in the Making

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Juvenile Justice in the Making is written by David S. Tanenhaus and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195347749 (ISBN 10) and 9780195347746 (ISBN 13).

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 twentieth century, 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 valuable historical framework for thinking about youth policy.