In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s

ISBN-13: 9780814779811 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 274 str.

Eric S. Schneider

Opis

-An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston.. Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency.-
--Choice-Anyone who wants to understand why America's approach to juvenile justice doesn't work should read In the Web of Class.-
--Michael B. Katz, University of Pennsylvania