Juvenile Justice: A Reference Handbook

Preface and Acknowledgments, 1 Background and History, Introduction, The Development of Childhood, Juvenile Justice in the United States: The Beginnings, Houses of Refuge, Training Schools or Reformatories, Child Savers and Other Nineteenth-Century

Donald J. Shoemaker, PhD, is professor of sociology at Virginia Tech. He has published extensively in the field of crime and delinquency. Timothy W. Wolfe, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and director of the Human Services Program at Mount St.