Defining deviance : sex, science, and delinquent girls, 1890-1960 / Michael A. Rembis.

Author/Creator:

Rembis, Michael A., 1970-

Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Format/Description:

Book
x, 227 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects:

Female sex offenders -- United States -- History.
Inmates of institutions -- United States -- History.

Contents:

Segregation of mental defectives as a preventive of crime, immorality, and inefficiency
Defective children in the juvenile court
The relation between morality and intellect"
I ain't had much schooling
How a girl of the road wins rides and influences motorists
"Little savages" and "psychopathic deviates".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252036064 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0252036069 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

660161871

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