Nancy Hathaway Steenburg

Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Changing Perceptions of Childhood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415971805
• ISBN-10: 0415971802
• Artikelnr.: 21927044

Autorenporträt

University of Maine.

Inhaltsangabe

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.