In the Web of Class : : Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s / / Eric C. Schneider.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Schneider, Eric C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The American Social Experience ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; Introduction: The Web of Class --; Part I. The Creation of Private and Public Charity --; Introduction --; 1. Moral Entrepreneurs and the Invention of the Reformable Child --; 2. Public Welfare and the Public Reformatory --; Part 2. Domestic Reform --; 3. Private Alternatives to the Asylum --; 4. Domestic Reform and the Delinquent Girl --; 5. Domestic Reform and the State Reform School for Boys --; Part 3. The Organization of Welfare --; 6. Catholic Welfare: Between Separatism and Accommodation --; 7. The Charity Network --; Part 4. Expertise and Scientific Reform --; 8. The Juvenile Court: Triumph of Progressivism --; 9. Child Guidance and the Court --; Conclusion: The Failure of Cultural Reform --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814739556; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814739556.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Eric C. Schneider.

"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