Massachusetts reformatory study. 1922.

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Massachusetts reformatory study. 1922.

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The Massachusetts Reformatory Study, conducted by Harvard Law School researchers Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck is an 11 year longitudinal study of 510 male juvenile offenders sentenced to the Massachusetts Reformatory in Concord, Massachusetts. Two follow-up studies performed on this sample took place at five year intervals following expiration of their sentences. The crimes committed by the offenders ranged from property crimes (92%) and sex crimes (5%) to homicides (less than 3%). Data concerning the offenders were derived from case records of the Department of Corrections, school and hospital records, parole and employment records, correspondence, and field investigations. These sources revealed information about the history of the youths prior to their sentence to the reformatory, family background, and school history; mental status and conduct during their institutionalization; postparole history, including industrial activities, economic status, criminal activities, family life, leisure time, and habits. A five year postparole study was conducted in 1921-1922 on the entire sample. This allowed for a five year postparole period to account for resulting changes in behavior upon release from the reformatory. This information revealed: personal history of the participant, the participant's status at commitment, the reformatory history of the offender, the parole history of the offender, and the postparole history of the offender (for a five year period). The Murray Center currently holds all raw data present for each participant in a file identified by the participant's identification number and name. The data have not been deidentified, so special permission is required for access to the records.

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Glueck, Eleanor Touroff, 1898-1972

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Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-1980

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Criminologist, law professor, legal scholar, playwright. Prof. Harvard Law School, 1929-1963. Director, basic research into causes, management and prevention of juvenile delinquency, 1925-1972. Member, Advisory Comm. on Rules of Criminal Procedure, U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-1942, 1960-1966. Advisor to Justice Robert H. Jackson on War Crimes, 1944-1945. Recipient Isaac Ray award, American Psychological Association, 1961. From the description of Papers, 1916-1972. (Harvard Law School Libr...

Radcliffe College. Henry A. Murray Research Center

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The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, (formerly the Radcliffe Data Resource and Research Center, 1976-1979) was founded by Radcliffe College in 1976 as a national repository for social science data on the changing life experiences of American women, and to sponsor scholarly research on the impact of social change on women's lives. From the description of Records of the Henry A. Murray Research Center, 1976-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id...

Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord

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The Massachusetts Reformatory was established pursuant to St 1884, c 255, at the Concord site of the State Prison; the latter institution was moved back to Boston (Charlestown), where it had been located until 1878. Certain inmates of the State Prison (s 3), inmates of county jails or houses of correction (s 12), and inmates of the State Reform School at Westborough, whose population was henceforth to be limited to boys under the age of fifteen (ss 11, 13), were all possible candida...