Briony Neilson - Dangers of Youth

France at the turn of the twentieth century was deeply preoccupied with the conduct of its young people, especially juvenile offenders, who were viewed at a time of great economic distress and social turmoil as harbingers of national decline and agents of disorder. Sound familiar?Legislators and social reformers debated whether children who committed offences should be held criminally responsible or if their age should exempt them from liability. Nonetheless, others saw young people, including juvenile offenders, as victims of neglect and essential vehicles for national regeneration. In this episode of Gleetalks, historian Briony Neilson talks to Emeritus Professor David Garrioch about how greater age consciousness in the criminal justice system emerged in modern France, leading to the creation of a distinct branch of justice for juveniles in her book Dangers of Youth: Age, Criminality, and Juvenile Justice in Third Republic France, published by McGill-Queens University Press.Like what you heard? Buy your copy here.⁠https://gleebooks.com.au/product/dangers-of-youth-age-criminality-and-juvenile-justice-reform-in-third-republic-france/⁠