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Cottage Six
The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment
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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.