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Judging childhood

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This article brings ethnohistorical inquiry to bear in exploring the certainties of Progressive Era reformers regarding the role of the state, the meaning of childhood, and the power of intervention in the lives of children, youth, and families in Butte, Montana. The author draws on the key themes of the Just Practice perspective (Finn & Jacobson, 2008)—as an organizing frame to explore assumptions and contestations regarding childhood, well-being, trouble, and intervention as expressed through primary source documents and reports of juvenile court proceedings in Butte from 1900 to 1914. Butte, a site of rapid industrialization at the turn of the last century, provides a local context in which to examine ways these certainties were asserted, negotiated, embedded, and resisted in the making of a nascent system of child welfare and juvenile justice. The historical analysis offers a foundation for critical reflection on the certainties embedded in contemporary practice with children and youth.

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  • Finn, Janet L., 2013. "Judging childhood," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(8), pages 1166-1173.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:35:y:2013:i:8:p:1166-1173
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.003
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    1. Sarri, Rosemary & Finn, Janet, 1992. "Child welfare policy and practice: Rethinking the history of our certainties," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(3-4), pages 219-236.
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