Criminalizing Children: Welfare and the State in Australia (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

Synopsis

Child Welfare And The Australian State: An Introduction -- Knowing The 'neglected' Aboriginal Child -- Neglected And Criminal Children -- Science, Race And Separations -- Unstable Categories: Children In Welfare And Justice In The Early Twentieth Century -- The Mission Station As A Correctional Institution -- From Mental Defectives To The Psychology Of The Family -- The Discovery Of The Aboriginal Child -- Government And Family. David Mccallum, Victoria University, Melbourne. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 275-292).