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Cover image of the book Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison Association 1921
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Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the American Prison Association 1921

Editor
C. B. Adams
Hardcover
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 381 pages

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All the reports presented at the fifty-first Annual Congress of the American Prison Association in 1921. The subjects of the papers are wide in scope, many relating not only to the administration of prisons and the treatment of prisoners, but to probation, parole, mental health, juvenile delinquency, and other related subjects.

C. B. ADAMS was president of the American Prison Association.

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An Experiment in Mental Patient Rehabilitation

Evaluating a Social Agency Program
Authors
Henry J. Meyer
Edgar F. Borgatta
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 120 pages

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This report of research conducted at Altro Health and Rehabilitation Services was designed to develop a comparable fund of reported experiences of evaluative studies of mental health carried out in social welfare settings. It evaluates the program at Altro from the rehabilitation of post-hospitalized mental patients, based on research and in depth analysis on the resulting data.

HENRY J. MEYER was professor of social work and sociology at the University of Michigan.

EDGAR F. BORGATTA was social psychologist at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Treatment

Methods Employed by Organized Charity in the Rehabilitation of Families
Author
Porter R. Lee
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 19 pages

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An analysis of how organized charities can work efficiently to best treat families in need in regards to health, education, employment, recreation, and spiritual development.

PORTER R. LEE was general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

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Wage-Earning Pittsburgh

Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 741 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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Housing in Springfield, Illinois

A Study by the National Housing Association
Author
John Ihlder
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 38 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey published in 1914, this report presents a clear idea of the housing conditions in Springfield at the time, as well as the methods taken to keep conditions up to standard. Topics include land overcrowding, unhealthy circumstances in apartments, and housing for miners, with an argument of what the city could do to improve conditions.

JOHN IHLDER, Springfield Survey Committee

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Juvenile Court Laws in the United States

Editor
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 160 pages

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This 1910 book is a study of juvenile court laws in the United States, including a summary of all juvenile court legislation in the country until that time and an abstract of state laws governing the trial and disposition of juvenile offenders, divided by state and topic. This volume is intended to supplement Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children by Hastings. H. Hart.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book The Registration of Illegitimate Births
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The Registration of Illegitimate Births

A Preventive of Infant Mortality
Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 25 pages

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A paper read before the American Public Health Association at Rochester, New York in 1915.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Extinction of the Defective Delinquent

A Working Program
Author
Hastings H. Hart
Hardcover
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 18 pages

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A paper read before the American Prison Association in Baltimore in 1912.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book Sources of Information on Play and Recreation
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Sources of Information on Play and Recreation

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
Howard R. Knight
Ebook
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 43 pages

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A condensed list of early research on recreation, published by the foundation in 1915.

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

HOWARD R. KNIGHT, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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Athletics in the Public Schools

Author
Lee F. Hanmer
Hardcover
Publication Date
1 in. × 1 in. 38 pages

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Athletics in the Public Schools was published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.  The study explores sports curriculums offered at the time, it also delves into the beginnings of athletics in schools in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century.

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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