Creating the Swedish Juvenile Delinquent: criminal policy, science and institutionalization c. 1930-1970.

This article discusses what I call the creation of the juvenile delinquent in the period from the 1930s to the 1970s. Making use of a theoretical understanding taken from Michel Foucault and David Garland this article shows how several elements and factors contributed to this process of which I conc...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 354 - 376
Main Author:	Nilsson, Roddy
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2009
Subjects:	Juvenile delinquency Welfare state Governmentality Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 Garland, David, 1955- Crime & age Criminal sociology 20th century Swedish history Sweden
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