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House of Refuge : Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pickett, Robert S.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, [1969]
Edition:	[1st ed.]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.) New York House of Refuge, Randall's Island. Juvenile delinquency. HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) Enfants places en institution. Delinquance juvenile > New York (État) > New York. Residential Treatment Juvenile Delinquency > rehabilitation Child, Institutionalized Juvenile delinquency > New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Manhattan, gateway to the New York world (1825-55)
The society for the prevention of pauperism (1825-55)
The quest for support (1824-26)
Joseph Curtis, first superintendent of the New York house of refuge (1824-26)
Institutions for the reformation of juvenile delinquents (1825-59)
"Most prolific sources of juvenile crime" (1826-56)
The road to Albany (1827-54)
The New York house of refuge system (1827-54)
Coming of age (1827-57).