| This thesis explores the moral regulation of female juvenile delinquents in Winnipeg and their regulators, including juvenile justice system officials, social workers, medical personnel and Catholic nuns. It draws on and contributes to gender, childhood and juvenile justice history.;The history of social regulation offers a fascinating glimpse into the various ways the state and institutions constructed femininity. By examining female delinquents it is possible to gain a better understanding of the operation of the juvenile justice system, reform institutions, and, ultimately, power in the early twentieth century. The treatment of female delinquents by the juvenile court and its ancillary institutions raises questions about inequality and how it was represented.;Three main questions underlay this project: how was the juvenile justice system set up to regulate children and youth? How did the juvenile court and its ancillary agencies implement control over youth whose behaviour was considered wayward? And how did the girls respond to regulation? It explores how regulation reflected and perpetuated the city's class, religious and ethnic divisions and, unlike much of the work on English Canada's juvenile justice system, it analyses the role of a female Catholic order's institution in juvenile justice. The goal is to focus on the motivations and techniques of the regulators as well as the impact of regulation on the lives of the girls. |
