Nancy Hathaway Steenburg

Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Changing Perceptions of Childhood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781138873780
• ISBN-10: 1138873780
• Artikelnr.: 42090954

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.