Boston's wayward children
Subtitle: social services for homeless children, 1830-1930
By: Peter C. Holloran.
Edition: Northeastern University Press ed.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Children -- Institutional care -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Social work with children -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Abandoned children -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.; Child welfare -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
Description: The system of orphanages, child placement agencies, reformatories, juvenile courts, and child guidance clinics established in Boston during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provided a model for New Deal legislation and remains the foundation for contemporary social work with children at risk. This book explores the origin and evolution of child welfare in the United States. This volume is relevant in the current debate about formulating effective policies and practices for today's abused, needy, and homeless children. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-319) and index.
Originally published: Rutherford, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c1989.