Reformatory Commitments: Changes in the Characteristics of the Population at Bedford Reformatory as a Result of the Court Reorganization of 1962
Abstract
Many people in the community have been concerned over the legal treatment accorded to youth. Paul W. Tappan conducted a study in 1947 of the Wayward Minor Courts of New York City, with the cooperation of the Magistrates' Courts. One of his recommendations, based on his study, was to discontinue the commitment of girls who had not committed any crime, to correctional institutions. It is now an accepted principle that only in the rarest cases, when no other possible plan is satisfactory and where public security demands it, should a girl be incarcerated with other offenders, whether the institutions be sectarian or secular, private or public.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Criminology|Law|Social work
Recommended Citation
White, Norma Annetta, "Reformatory Commitments: Changes in the Characteristics of the Population at Bedford Reformatory as a Result of the Court Reorganization of 1962" (1964). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050504.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050504
