Bureaucrats and Entrepreneurs: Institutional Responses to Deviant Children in the United States, 1890-1920s.

Sutton, John R.

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ERIC Number: EJ414037

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Publication Date: 1990

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Bureaucrats and Entrepreneurs: Institutional Responses to Deviant Children in the United States, 1890-1920s.

Sutton, John R.

American Journal of Sociology, v95 n6 p1367-1400 May 1990

Probes the rise in juvenile incarceration in the United States during the 1890s to 1920s and the trend toward privatization of juvenile detention centers. Develops a political model that focuses on the politics of national charities movement and on the variations among the different states regarding the building of youth facilities. (NL)

Descriptors: Child Labor, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Immigrants, Juvenile Justice, Labor Legislation, Political Influences, Problem Children, Social Science Research, State Programs, Statistical Analysis, United States History, Welfare Agencies

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Language: English

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