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The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice

The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice
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During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice, materializing as a citizen-and-state-building project and mirroring the unequal racial politics of American democracy itself. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens,â€ a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century.
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In The Black Child Savers, the first study of the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice, Geoff Ward examines the origins and organization ofÂ this separate and unequal juvenile justice system. Ward explores how generations of â€œblack child-saversâ€Â mobilized to challengeÂ the threat to black youth and communityÂ interests and how this struggle grew aligned with a wider civil rights movement, eventuallyÂ forcing the formal integration of American juvenile justice. Wardâ€™s book reveals nearly a century of struggle to build a more democratic model of juvenile justiceâ€”an effort that succeeded in part, but ultimately failed to deliver black youth and communityÂ to liberal rehabilitative ideals.
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At once an inspiringÂ story about theÂ shifting boundaries of race, citizenship, and democracy in America and a crucial look at the nature of racial inequality, The Black Child Savers is a stirring account of the stakes and meaning of social justice.

Country	USA
Brand	University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer	University of Chicago Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables
Model	1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables
ReleaseDate	2012-06-27
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780226873183

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