Title A cycle of outrage : America's reaction to the juvenile delinquent in the 1950s / James Gilbert

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1986

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Description vi, 258 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: the social history of an idea -- 1. A problem of behavior -- 2. Rehearsal for a crime wave -- 3. Controlling public opinion -- 4. The great fear -- 5. The lawyers' dilemma -- 6. Crusade against mass culture -- 7. The intellectuals and mass culture -- 8. Delinquency theory: from structure to subculture -- 9. Mass media and delinquency: a national forum -- 10. Movies and the censorship of mass culture -- 11. Juvenile delinquency films -- 12. Selling youth culture --13. Postscript Analysis United States Juvenile delinquency 1950-1960 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 219-249 Subject Deviant behavior in mass media -- United States. Deviant behavior in mass media. Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Public opinion. Teenagers in mass media -- United States. Teenagers in mass media. Public opinion -- United States. Teenagers -- United States -- Public opinion. Youth in mass media -- United States. Youth -- United States -- Public opinion. SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518 LC no. 85021598 ISBN 0195037219

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