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The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them

Chapter XXXIII

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HOW SHALL CRIMINAL CHILDREN BE TREATED?

The Child, above all, an Individual—Unsuited to be put in a large Institution—Influence of a Number of Criminal Children on One Another—Absence of the Most Powerful Forces of the Outside World—The Work of a Reformatory not suited for After-life—Working the Ground the Best—Garden-work very Useful for Criminal Young Girls—Mr. Pease's Success—The True Plan—The "Family System"—Each Child does the Small Work of the Cottage—Children near the Natural Condition—Only Defect the Unprofitableness of the Labor—The Most Successful Reformatories of Europe on the Family System……………………………pp. 398-403

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