Juvenile courts were established in the early twentieth century with the ideal of saving young offenders from "delinquency." Many kids, however, never made it to Juvenile court.
Focusing on Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit, it examines how police saw their mission, how they dealt with public demands, and how they coped daily with ki.
Cops and Kids analyzes how police regulated Juvenile behavior in turn-of-the-century America.
Their cases were decided by a different agency-the police.
Juvenile courts were established in the early twentieth century with the ideal of saving young offenders from "delinquency." Many kids, however, never made it to Juvenile court