Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Minnesota), 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: the globalization of childhood -- Data and case selection -- Principled activism as a mechanism of diffusion -- Coercive socialization as a mechanism of diffusion -- Globalized childhood as a mechanism of diffusion -- Laggards in the global age of the child -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: documented executions of children in england in the 19th century -- Appendix B: jurisdictions that abolished the death penalty for child offenders under the age of 18 prior to Roper v. Simmons.
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