Departmental Papers (Sociology)
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
2002
Publication Source
A Century of Juvenile Justice
Start Page
237
Last Page
263
Abstract
For over a century, the city of Chicago has provided a natural laboratory for research on juvenile delinquency and child neglect and abuse. In an era of increasing globalization, it is easy to overlook the importance of local community context as a major focus of social reform and scientific investigation. A century ago, it was the city rather than the nation-state that was the key site of social agitation, political mobilization, and governmental action (Rodgers 1998). Chicago, in particular, became a symbol of the destiny of modern society. It was at "ground zero" when the forces of industrialization and immigration first hit the great cities, uprooting traditional rural communities and accelerating the spread of a highly complex and differentiated pattern of urban settlement. The social dislocations stimulated by these transformations made Chicago a leading focus of social reform during the Progressive Era and an important object of sociological investigation after World War I (Ward 1989).
Copyright/Permission Statement
Originally published in A Century of Juvenile Justice by the University of Chicago Press ©2002. The original book is available for purchase at http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3646152.html.
Recommended Citation
Testa, M. and Furstenberg, F. (2002). In Rosenheim, M.K., Zimring, F.E., Tanenhaus, D.S., and Dohrn, B. (Eds.), A Century of Juvenile Justice (pp. 237-263). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Date Posted: 04 August 2017