The Delinquent Child and the Home

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Sophonisba P. Breckinridge and Edith Abbott

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Introduction by Julia C. Lathrop

Chapter I.  Description of the Inquiry

Chapter 2.  The Wards of the Court

Chapter 3. The Child of the Immigrant: The Problem of Adjustment

Chapter 4. The Poor Child: The Problem of Poverty

Chapter 5. The Orphan and the Homeless Child: The Problem of Misfortune

Chapter 6. The Child from the Degraded Home: The Problem of Degeneracy

Chapter 7. The Child from the Crowded Home: The Problem of Confusion

Chapter 8. The Ignorant Child: The Problem of the School

Chapter 9. The Child without Play: The Problem of Neighborhood Neglect

Chapter 10. The Child from the Comfortable Home: The Problem of the Unmanageable Boy

Chapter 11. The Court and the Delinquent Family: Some Aspects of the Problem of Treatment

LIST OF APPENDIXES

I.    Legal Problems Involved in the Establishment of the Juvenile Court 

II.   Testimony of Judge Merritt W. Pinckney

III.  Abstract of Juvenile Court Laws

IV.  Family Paragraphs Relating to the Delinquency of 100 Boys Brought into the Juvenile Court of Cook County at Chicago, Illinois, between July 1, 1903 and July 1, 1904

V.  Family Paragraphs Relating to the Delinquency of 50 Girls Committed to the State Training School at Geneva by the Juvenile Court of Cook County at Chicago, Illinois, during the Years 1903 to 1908.

VI. Copies of Schedules Used in the Inquiry

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