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HISTORY OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS - 1870-1970 (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION SEE NCJ-02840)

NCJ Number
10122
Author(s)
J C WATKINS
Date Published
1970
Length
14 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF TREATMENT METHODS AND IDEOLOGIES.
Abstract
THREE PERIODS, THE REFORM ERA, 1870-1900, THE REALIGNMENT ERA, 1900-1960, AND THE REASSESSMENT ERA, THE PAST DECADE, ARE IDENTIFIED AND ANALYZED.