Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools
by Jerome G. Miller
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Last One over the Wall is an analytical and autobiographical account of Jerome G. Miller's tenure as head of the Massachusetts juvenile justice system, during which he undertook one of the most daring and drastic steps in recent juvenile justice history - he closed reformatories and returned juvenile offenders to community supervision and treatment by private schools and youth agencies. Filled with insights into juvenile and adult behavior in prison and outside, Miller's account provides a show more rare opportunity to view our juvenile justice system as a whole, including all the politics, economics, and social biases that come with it. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools
- Original publication date
- 1991
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 365.42 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Punishment Institutions for specific classes of inmates Institutions for juveniles
- LCC
- HV9105 .M4 .M54 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency.
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- English
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