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SOCIAL TREATMENT OF YOUNG OFFENDERS - A READER

NCJ Number
29782
Editor(s)
J B MAYS
Date Published
1975
Length
340 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-EIGHT ARTICLES, GOVERNMENT REPORTS, AND SPECIALLY WRITTEN SELECTIONS DEALING WITH SUCH ASPECTS OF JUVENILE TREATMENT AS PUNISHMENT, REHABILITATIVE EFFORTS, AND GROUP TREATMENT.
Abstract
AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED IN THIS BOOK ARE THE ORIGINS AND PHILOSOPHY OF DETENTION CENTERS, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, APPROVED SCHOOLS, BORSTALS, PROBATION, AND EXPERIMENTAL RESOCIALIZATION PROJECTS SUCH AS TEEN CAFES AND ADVENTURE CAMPS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE SCHOOL AND THE DELINQUENT, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK AND CRIME PREVENTION, POLICE JUVENILE LIAISON, AND INTERMEDIATE TREATMENT OF THE YOUNG OFFENDER.