The Institutional and Parole Adjustment of Delinquent Girls: A Case Study of Four Girls Committed to Villa Loretto by the Girls ‘ Term Court of New York City Between January 1, 1953, and August 1, 1953
Abstract
When the people of a generation ago spoke of a delinquent child they had a definite picture in mind. They were thinking of an unruly, destructive, aggressive youngster — especially a boy — who refused to submit to parental authority or to conform to the standard of behavior expected of him in the community, and who eventually by some infraction of the law found himself in the custody of the public authorities. There were institutions whose purpose it was to reform such children, and it was believed that they could be reformed simply by subjecting them to discipline and by directing their wayward energies into useful channels.
Subject Area
Sociology|Social work|Law
Recommended Citation
McConnell, Janet, "The Institutional and Parole Adjustment of Delinquent Girls: A Case Study of Four Girls Committed to Villa Loretto by the Girls ‘ Term Court of New York City Between January 1, 1953, and August 1, 1953" (1955). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189817.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189817
