Boyhood and Delinquency in 1920s Chicago
A Sociological Study of Juvenile Jack-Rollers and Gender
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2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6341-8 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6341-8 (ISBN)
Developed by progressive social scientists in the early 20th century, the juvenile justice system in the U.S. consisted of courts and corrections aimed at reforming disorderly youth. Poor immigrant boys, roaming the streets unsupervised, were its usual subjects.
Psychologists and sociologists equated maleness with innate insensitivity, lack of self-control and violent tendencies. In the belief that proper discipline would save the troubled boys from "feminization" and help control their destructive impulses, a rigid masculine authority--challenged by women activists--began to be imposed by a reactionary patriarchal system.
This study of delinquency in 1920s Chicago examines the lives of boys, many of whom spent their early years incarcerated, who survived by embracing criminal personas. Predatory masculinity emerges as a source of personal struggle, and as the basis for an array of contemporary social problems, including mass violence and suicide.
Psychologists and sociologists equated maleness with innate insensitivity, lack of self-control and violent tendencies. In the belief that proper discipline would save the troubled boys from "feminization" and help control their destructive impulses, a rigid masculine authority--challenged by women activists--began to be imposed by a reactionary patriarchal system.
This study of delinquency in 1920s Chicago examines the lives of boys, many of whom spent their early years incarcerated, who survived by embracing criminal personas. Predatory masculinity emerges as a source of personal struggle, and as the basis for an array of contemporary social problems, including mass violence and suicide.
Roger A. Salerno is a professor of sociology at Pace University in New York and a practicing psychoanalyst.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Introduction: Boyhood and the Criminological Imagination
One. Jack-Roller Stories
Two. Decoding The Jack-Roller
Three. Shaw’s Other Boys
Four. Exclusions of Convenience
Five. Inclusions of Convenience
Six. Introduction to the Institute for Juvenile Research Oral Histories
The Lone Wolf
The Boy Scout
The Beaver
Conclusion: Delinquency and the End of Boyhood
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.12.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 286 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6341-6 / 1476663416 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6341-8 / 9781476663418 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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