Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Changing Perceptions of Childhood

Nancy Hathaway Steenburg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-87378-0 (ISBN)

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This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies.

University of Maine.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Protecting Property, Correcting Children: Prosecuting Theft and Arson -- Chapter Two Murderous Minors: The Treatment of Assault and Murder -- Chapter Three Public Order and Private Rights: Keeping Children in Line -- Chapter Four Legal Standards, Community Justice: The Problem of Child Abuse -- Chapter Five The Emergent Problem of the Sexual Abuse of Children -- Chapter Six From Retribution to Rehabilitation: Children and the Criminal Law in the 19th Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reihe/Serie	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 280 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-87378-0 / 1138873780
ISBN-13	978-1-138-87378-0 / 9781138873780
Zustand	Neuware