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Cottage Six

The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment
Author
Howard W. Polsky
Ebook
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193 pages

About This Book

Published in 1962, Cottage Six documents the implementation of more effective use of the social sciences in the therapeutic program of an institution for children, particularly its Cottage 6, inhabited by adolescent boys. It analyzes the problems that confront any institution that wishes to develop an integrated clinical and therapeutic community program.

Howard W. Polsky was professor at the New York School of Social Work, Columbia University.

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