Cultural Factors in Delinquency: A Study of a Group of Puerto Rican Born Girls Committed to Villa Loreto by the Girls' Term Court of New York City Between August 1953 and August 1955
Abstract
The writer became interested in the problem of the delinquent adolescent girl with special stress on the Puerto Rican girl, when she became associated with Villa Loretto, an institution for delinquent girls located in Peekskill, N. Y. and under the direction of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. This religious congregation which mumbers 9,917 sisters in their 391 houses distributed throughout forty-eight countries is dedicated to the 'restoration to those members of society who, wilfully or not, have forfeited a normal way of life, the opportunity of developing mentally, morally and physically, and of becoming respected, healthy and happy individuals'. These aims are carried out through an over-all program covering all areas of training spiritual, moral, educational, psychological and physical.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Psychology|Mental health|Religion
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Zaida, "Cultural Factors in Delinquency: A Study of a Group of Puerto Rican Born Girls Committed to Villa Loreto by the Girls' Term Court of New York City Between August 1953 and August 1955" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050555.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050555
