House of Refuge : Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857 / / [by] Robert S. Pickett.
The New York House of Refuge, the first institution in America to deal with the juvenile delinquent as a special problem, opened its doors in 1825. Deeply concerned with the plight of the thousands of children who roamed the New York City streets, many of them becoming professional criminals, a volu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, [1969] ©[1969] |
| Year of Publication: | 1969 |
| Edition: | [1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | A New York State study
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 217 pages) |
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