In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s / Edition 1

by Eric C. Schneider

Overview

"An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston..[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency."
—Choice"Anyone who wants to understand why America's approach to juvenile justice doesn't work should read In the Web of Class."
—Michael B. Katz,University of Pennsylvania

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814779811
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	08/01/1993
Series:	The American Social Experience , #10
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Eric C. Schneider is an Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences Iof the University of Pennsylvania, where he also teaches in the American Civilization and Urban Studies programs.