Reform and resistance : gender, delinquency, and America's first juvenile court /
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| Author / Creator: | Knupfer, Anne Meis, 1951- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2001. |
| Description: | x, 290 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4506007 |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | x, 290 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415925975 0415925983 |
