FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY - A NINETEENTH CENTURY FOLLOW-UP

• NCJ Number: 9193
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1973) Pages: 72-78
• Author(s): C M ROSENBERG
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRESENTATION OF CASE STUDIES, INTENT ON NOTING THE LACK OF RESEARCH ON FEMALE DELINQUENTS AND PROVIDING A PERSPECTIVE ON THE CRISIS IN DELINQUENCY MANAGEMENT.

Abstract

WITH THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY'S RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND GREAT INCREASES IN SOCIAL DISPLACEMENT AND CRIME CAME THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN LANCASTER, MASS.-THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE RECORDS OF THE FIRST 250 GIRLS COMMITTED TO THIS SCHOOL, BETWEEN 1856 AND 1861. FOLLOW-UP DATA ARE AVAILABLE ON 184 OF THESE GIRLS, EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM THE GIRLS' BACKGROUND REPORTS ARE GIVEN AS EXAMPLES. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT LARGE INSTITUTIONS ARE UNABLE TO REHABILITATE OFFENDERS. SMALLER, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)