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The battle for children : World War II, youth crime, and juvenile justice in twentieth-century France /

The Battle for Children links two major areas of historical inquiry: crime and delinquency with war and social change. In a study based on impressive archival research, Sarah Fishman reveals the impact of the Vichy regime on one of history's most silent groups - children - and offers enlighteni...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fishman, Sarah, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 142.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. From child criminals to juvenile delinquents, 1810-1939
  • 2. The experience of World War II for children and adolescents
  • 3. The wartime juvenile crime wave as manifested in the courts
  • 4. The juvenile delinquency establishment during the War
  • 5. Progressive change in an authoritarian regime : Vichy's reforms
  • 6. The victory of juvenile justice reform, 1945 to the present.