In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s (American Social Experience)
Book Details
Author(s)
Eric C. Schneider
Publisher
NYU Press
ISBN / ASIN
0814779816
ISBN-13
9780814779811
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"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
