Youth and Justice in Western States, 1815-1950 From Punishment to Welfare /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Trépanier, Jean (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rousseaux, Xavier (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
• Subjects: History, Modern.; Social history.; World history.; Law-History.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Modern History.; Social History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Legal History.; Crime and Society.

This book explores the treatment of junevile offenders in modern Western history. The last few decades have witnessed major debates over youth justice policies. Juvenile and youth justice legislation has been reviewed in a number of countries. Despite the fact that new perspectives, such as restorat...