House of Refuge Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857
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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Syracuse University Press
1969
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