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In the Web of Class

In the Web of Class Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810S-1930S - The American Social Experience Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

"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

Book information

ISBN: 9780814779330
Publisher: New York University
Imprint: New York University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 364.360974461
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 260
Weight: 589g
Height: 230mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 19mm