Becoming Delinquent: British and European Youth, 1650–1950 (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction. Re-inventing the juvenile delinquent in Britain and Europe 1650-1950, Heather Shore (with Pamela Cox); Juvenile Delinquency in time, Paul Griffiths; On not becoming delinquent: raising adolescent boys in the Dutch republic, 1600-1750, Benjamin Roberts; Before the reformatory: a correctional orphanage in Old Regime Seville, Valentina K. Tikoff; ’Crimes inexplicables’: murderous children and the discourse of monstrosity in romantic-era France, Cat Nilan; Testing the limits: redefining resistance in a Belgian boys’ prison, 1895-1905, Jenneke Christiaens; Border crossings: care and the ’criminal child’ in nineteenth century European penal congress, Chris Leonards; Gender, after-care and reform in inter-war Norway, Astri Andresen; Absent fathers and family breakdown: delinquency in Vichy, France, Sarah Fishman; Race, delinquency and difference in twentieth century Britain, Pamela Cox; Index.