Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Changing Perceptions of Childhood

Nancy Hathaway Steenburg (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2005
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-97180-5 (ISBN)

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This title analyses changing opinions about the attitudes concerning the nature of children and the legal capacities of children using criminal court records, legislative petitions and actions and public perceptions.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.1.2005
Reihe/Serie	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-97180-2 / 0415971802
ISBN-13	978-0-415-97180-5 / 9780415971805
Zustand	Neuware