Cops and Kids: Policing Juvenile Delinquency in Urban America, 1890-1940

by David B. Wolcott

Book Overview

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. Their cases were decided by a different agency--the police.

Cops and Kids analyzes how police regulated juvenile behavior in turn-of-the-century America. Focusing on Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit, it examines how police saw their mission, how they dealt with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814257658
• ISBN13: 9780814257654
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"