Gateway to Justice: The Juvenile Court and Progressive Child..

2005. Trost, Jennifer. Gateway to Justice: The Juvenile Court and Progressive Child Welfare in a Southern City. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005. xi, 209 pp. Original cloth, with stamped spine. Fine. $60. * Contents: The City of Memphis and Progressive Social Reform; Child Welfare and the Establishment of the Juvenile Court; The Juvenile Court and the Progressive Child Welfare Network; Juvenile Justice and the Treatment of Dependent Children; Juvenile Justice and the Treatment of Delinquent Children. "The Juvenile Court of Memphis, founded in 1910, directed delinquent and dependent children into a variety of private charitable organizations and public correctional facilities. Drawing on the court's case files and other primary sources, Jennifer Trost explains the complex interactions between parents, children, and welfare officials in the urban South" (Publisher's description).