Today's troubled juvenile court system has its roots in Progressive Era Chicago, a city one observer described as "first in violence" and "deepest in dirt". Examining the vision and methods of the original proponents of the Cook County Juvenile Court, Victoria Getis uncovers the court's intrinsic flaws as well as the sources of its debilitation in our own time.
Spearheaded by a group of Chicago women, including Jane Addams, Lucy Flower, and Julia Lathrop, the juvenile court bill was pushed through the legislature by an eclectic coalition of progressive reformers, both women and men. Like...
Today's troubled juvenile court system has its roots in Progressive Era Chicago, a city one observer described as "first in violence" and "deepest in ...
