NCJ Number
26937
Date Published
1971
Length
378 pages
Annotation
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS BEGINNING WITH THE PHILANTHROPIC REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Abstract
THE TEXT FEATURES EXERPTS FROM CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE TO ILLUSTRATE THE CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHIES OF THE TIME. DESCRIBED IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. STATISTICS ON FACILITIES, INMATES, AND METHODS APPEAR THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. THE INSTITUTIONS DESCRIBED WERE REPLACED IN 1945 BY A SYSTEM OF CENTERS OF REEDUCATION. --IN FRENCH