Justice for the Child: The Beginning of the Juvenile Court in Chicago

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Article

Publication Date

1999

Abstract

This article describes how, to save young boys from being locked up with “murderers, anarchists, and hardened criminals,” a group of Chicago politicians, lawyers, and activists pooled their efforts to create the nation’s first juvenile court.

Publication Citation

27 Chi. Hist. 4 (1999).

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