Boyhood and delinquency in 1920s Chicago: a sociological study of juvenile Jack-Rollers and gender

"This study of delinquency in 1920s Chicago examines the lives of boys, many of whom spent their early years incarcerated, who survived by embracing criminal personas. Predatory masculinity emerges as a source of personal struggle, and as the basis for an array of contemporary social problems,...

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Main Author: Salerno, Roger A. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Online Access: Table of Contents
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 9737
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Keywords:
Boys > Social conditions > 20th century > Illinois > Chicago
Chicago, Ill. > Jugendlicher Täter > Jugendstrafvollzug > Geschichte 1920-1929
Juvenile Delinquency > History > 20th century > Illinois > Chicago
Juvenile corrections > History > 20th century > Illinois > Chicago
Juvenile delinquents > Social conditions > 20th century > Illinois > Chicago
Street children > Social conditions > 20th century > Illinois > Chicago
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Summary:"This study of delinquency in 1920s Chicago examines the lives of boys, many of whom spent their early years incarcerated, who survived by embracing criminal personas. Predatory masculinity emerges as a source of personal struggle, and as the basis for an array of contemporary social problems, including mass violence and suicide"--
Introduction: boyhood and the criminological imagination -- Jack-roller stories -- Decoding the "jack-roller" -- Shaw's other boys -- Exclusions of convenience -- Inclusions of convenience -- Introduction to the Institute for Juvenile Research Oral Histories -- Conclusion: delinquency and the end of boyhood
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:vii, 197 Seiten
ISBN:9781476663418