NCJ Number
30062
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING-SUMMER 1974) Pages: 12-22
Date Published
1974
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THE PLANNING, PURCHASE, PROVISION AND EVALUATION OF SERVICES BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES SINCE DEINSTITUTIONALIZING ITS YOUTH CORRECTIONS IN 1971 ARE SUMMARIZED.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE POLITICAL CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THIS CHANGE OCCURRED AND DISPELS SOME POPULAR RUMORS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ABANDONNING ITS TRAINING SCHOOLS.