The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency

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The reissued edition of *The Child Savers* revisits a seminal critique of juvenile justice, highlighting its lasting influence on feminist scholars and social policy debates. The edition expands the original work with interdisciplinary commentaries and an introductory essay by Miroslava Chavez‑Garcia that reassesses its influence on contemporary social science. It is published as part of the Critical Issues in Crime and Society series, edited by Raymond J.

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Child Savers deeply influenced me and dozens of other feminist scholars who have studied social policy critically. This reissue is remarkable in allowing us to rethink it, and nowhere more valuable than in Tony own thoughtful reconsideration.- Linda Gordon, professor of history, New York University Child Savers, at forty, is a classic. Accompanied by lively contributions that reflect on its impact and outline recent research, this new edition will ensure that the book lives on, its message always challenging, its relevance undiminished.- Hugh Cunningham, emeritus professor of social history, University of Kent Child Savers is a classic, and the updated edition is even more relevant today; a must for the informed public and the perceptive student.- Jock Young, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, Graduate Center, City University of New York and John Jay College Platt's brilliant inquiry into the oxymoron of juvenile justice demands again that we upend our ritualized system of punishing, containing, and crushing our defiant young. -Bernardine Dohrn, Northwestern University School of Law Hailed as a definitive analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system, this 40th anniversary edition of The Child Savers features a new essay by Anthony M. Platt that highlights recent directions in the field, as well as a critique of his original text. This expanded edition includes insightful commentaries from cross-disciplinary academics, along with an introductory essay by Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, critically examining how influential study has impacted many of the central arguments social scientists and historians face today. Anthony M. Platt is a professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of several books on American history, social policy, and race relations. A volume in the Critical Issues in Crime and Society series, edited by Raymond J. Michalowski