Five hundred delinquent women /

"A description of the growth of the Massachusetts institution for female offenders. Shows that many years of effort, much constructive imagination, and a good deal of faith in the reformability of delinquent women have gone into the difficult task of transforming a prison into a reformatory&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-1980
Other Authors:	Glueck, Eleanor T. (Eleanor Touroff), 1898-1972
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A. A. Knopf, 1934. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1934.
Subjects:	Massachusetts Reformatory for Women (Sherborn, Mass.) Female offenders > Massachusetts. Massachusetts

Table of Contents:

Introduction
A gallery of women
Family background of delinquent women
Childhood and adolescence of delinquent women
Sexual and marital life
Legal entanglements
Within a year of commitment
The Massachusetts reformatory for women and the parole system
A gallery of women (continued)
In the reformatory
On parole
After expiration of sentence
After expiration of sentence (continued)
Behaviour trends
Effect of reformatory experience
Other reformative influences
Predicting recidivism and appropriate treatment
Summary, conclusions, and recommendations
Appendix A. Method of this research
Appendix B. Schedules and forms.