Boyhood and delinquency in 1920s Chicago : a sociological study of juvenile jack-rollers and gender / / Roger A. Salerno

• Autore: Salerno Roger A.
• Pubblicazione: Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.360977311/09042
• Soggetto topico: Juvenile delinquents - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions - 20th century; Juvenile delinquency - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century; Juvenile corrections - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century; Street children - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions - 20th century; Boys - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Boyhood and delinquency in 1920s Chicago
• ISBN: 1-4766-2717-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162814603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II