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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1. VerfasserIn: Salerno, Roger A. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2017]
In:Jahr: 2017
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Bestand in Tübingen:In Tübingen vorhanden.
UB: KB 20 A 9737
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vii, 197 Seiten
ISBN:9781476663418