112 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1967, Social Policy and the Young Delinquent is an account of a process: of the way in which the treatment of the child delinquent has developed from the days when a boy of nine could be sentenced to be hanged for stealing two penny worth of paint (though the sentence, imposed in 1833, was not actually carried out) to the controversies of the time concerning the... Read more
Preface. 1. Policy Influences 2. The Historical Background – From Retribution to Reform 3. Juveniles Before the Court 4. The Development of a Preventive Service 5. Rethinking Social Policy 6. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography.
Biography
Peter Boss
