Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855: Changing Perceptions of Childhood

ISBN-13: 9781138873780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str.

Nancy Hathaway Steenburg

Opis

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

University of Maine.