In the Web of Class
Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s
Published on 1. August 1993
277 pages
978-0-8147-3955-6 (ISBN)
Description
"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
?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
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
131,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8147-3955-6 (9780814739556)
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Person
Eric C. Schneider is an Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences Iof the University of Pennsylvania, where he also teaches in the American Civilization and Urban Studies programs.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: The Web of Class
- PART I The Creation of Private and Public Charity
- CHAPTER 1 Moral Entrepreneurs and the Invention of the Reformable Child
- CHAPTER 2 Public Welfare and the Public Reformatory
- PART II Domestic Reform
- CHAPTER 3 Private Alternatives to the Asylum
- CHAPTER 4 Domestic Reform and the Delinquent Girl
- CHAPTER 5 Domestic Reform and the State Reform School for Boys
- PART III The Organization of Welfare
- CHAPTER 6 Catholic Welfare: Between Separatism and Accommodation
- CHAPTER 7 The Charity Network
- PART IV Expertise and Scientific Reform
- CHAPTER 8 The Juvenile Court: Triumph of Progressivism
- CHAPTER 9 Child Guidance and the Court
- Conclusion: The Failure of Cultural Reform
- Notes
- Index
