x, 290 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Illinois language
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The professionalization of delinquency. Female delinquency : social reform and sociology -- Psychomedical models of delinquency -- The "helping" professions : female probation and police officers and African-American social workers -- pt. 2. Delinquent girls in and out of the juvenile court. Work and leisure in delinquent girls' lives -- The Cook County Juvenile Court and delinquent girls -- The Chicago Detention Home and Juvenile Psychopathic Institute -- pt. 3. Reform institutions for delinquent girls. The Chicago Home for Girls -- The State Industrial School for Delinquent Girls in Geneva, Illinois -- The House of the Good Shepherd.
