A Children’s Institution: A Follow-up Study of Fifteen Adolescent Boys Discharged From Institutional Care After a Long-term Placement at St. Francis Vocational School, Eddington, Pennsylvania, 1962–64, to Determine Their Post-Discharge Adjustment
Abstract
Background and timeliness of the Study. The care of the dependent child has been a concern of human society for untold generations. Historically, many of our current child care practices can be traced to the vast changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. Until that time the master-servant feudal relationship obviated child dependency as a major social issue. The economic and social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution increased the complexity of the problems presented by the dependent child. No longer could the "Master" be looked to for the care and sustenance of the dependent. The society was compelled to express its concern in a variety of ways.
Subject Area
Sociology|Social work
Recommended Citation
Smith, Francis Mark, "A Children’s Institution: A Follow-up Study of Fifteen Adolescent Boys Discharged From Institutional Care After a Long-term Placement at St. Francis Vocational School, Eddington, Pennsylvania, 1962–64, to Determine Their Post-Discharge Adjustment" (1966). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189814.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189814
