@article{ref1,
title="The Contard Affair: Private Power, State Control, and Paternal Authority in Fin-de-Siècle France",
journal="Journal of historical sociology",
year="2010",
author="Toth, S.A.",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="185-215",
abstract="This paper examines how the suicide of a teenager illuminated a longstanding ideological divide in fin-de-siècle France. Five days after his arrival at the Maison Paternelle, an internationally renowned, privately-operated establishment for bourgeois boys, Gaston Contard committed suicide. The suicide was quickly sensationalized in the press and resulted in a wide-ranging investigation by public prosecutors who charged the institution's director with illegal imprisonment. Although acquitted, this was a pyrrhic victory as the event marked a critical turning point in the relationship between private power, state control and paternal authority as it pertained to the incarceration and socialization of troubled youths. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0952-1909",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-6443.2010.01372.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2010.01372.x"
}