In the web of class : delinquents and reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s / Eric C. Schneider.
The creation of the juvenile court during the Progressive Era unified the juvenile justice system under the auspices of the state. But this achievement has been vastly overrated. Delinquents and their families participated actively in reform from the founding of the first reformatories through the e...
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Main Author: | Schneider, Eric C., 1951-2017 |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
1992.
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Series: | American social experience series ;
22. |
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