Youth and Justice in Western States, 1815-1950

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Roots and Development of Juvenile Justice: An International Overview

Chapter 3 The Origins of Informal Juvenile Court Practices and of the Juvenile Reformatory in England, 1815–1855

Chapter 4 From Punishment to Reform: Boys in Gaol and Reform Institutions, Montreal, 1853–1921

Chapter 5 “Endangered” Children and the Montreal Ladies’ Benevolent Society Industrial School, 1883–1921

Chapter 6 Between Great Expectations and Hard Times: The First Decade of the Geneva Children’s Penal Court, 1914–1925

Chapter 7 The Practice of the Juvenile Judge in the Netherlands: The Family Supervision Order as a Response to the Sexual Misbehaviour of Minors, 1922–1940

Chapter 8 A ‘Wayward’ or ‘Incorrigible’ Youth? Juvenile Crime and Correctional Education in Post-war Germany, 1945–1953

Chapter 9 Youth Delinquency Redefined: The Practice of Scientific Observation and Diagnosis Within the Framework of Belgian Child Protection, 1913–1960

Chapter 10 Girls’ Journeys to the Juvenile Court, Antwerp, 1912–1933

Chapter 11 Juvenile Delinquency in Wartime and Peacetime: The Activity of the Belgian Juvenile Courts, 1912–1950

Chapter 12 The Price of Virtue: Socio-Judicial Regulation of Juvenile Sexuality in France During the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Chapter 13 Children and Their Families in the Montreal Juvenile Delinquents Court, 1912–1950: Actors or Spectators of Their Own Fate?

Chapter 14 Conclusion: Towards a Transnational History of Youth in Justice Systems