A Study of Runaways From the Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York, With Special Reference to the Cases of One Hundred and Twelve Boys Who Deserted During the Period: October 1945 to September 1946
Abstract
The Background of the Study. The Children’s Village at Dobbs Terry, New York, is a private institution for the care, education and training of unadjusted boys within an age range of eight to sixteen years. Founded in 1851 for the purpose of housing orphans and needy children, it was originally located at 109 Bank Street in the city of New York and was incorporated as the New York Juvenile Asylum. The present site of the institution, originally a farm of two hundred and seventy-seven acres, was purchased in 1901 and the buildings were occupied in 1906. The institution was re-named the Children’s Village in 1920. By the end of 1906, over three hundred children were in residence and this number was gradually increased over the subsequent years as more cottages were erected until it reached a daily average of 365 during the year period, October 1945 to September 1946. With this number the residential staff is slightly in excess of one hundred and fifty or a staffing ratio of not quite one to three.
Subject Area
American studies|Psychology
Recommended Citation
Bryant, Francis Taylor, "A Study of Runaways From the Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York, With Special Reference to the Cases of One Hundred and Twelve Boys Who Deserted During the Period: October 1945 to September 1946" (1950). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097005.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097005
