Chicago Area Project records, 1910-1998.

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Chicago Area Project records, 1910-1998.

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, newsletters, financial records, and research data of the Chicago Area Project, a community oriented program established in the 1930s for delinquency prevention and research, administered by Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay; plus related files of the Institute for Juvenile Research; and files of the Illinois Youth Commission, particularly files of Anthony M. Sorrentino. Topics include treatment and prevention of juvenile delinquency through inner city neighborhood programs, primarily on the Near North Side, South Side, and West Side of Chicago (Ill.) and including ethnic groups predominant in those neighborhoods. Other topics include the sociology of urban youth in the United States and the effectiveness of programs for rehabilitation of criminals. Contains papers of sociologists Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay; materials from community organizations, including the Mexican Civic Committee, the Russell Square Community Committee, and the West Side Community Committee; and Dennis Haffron's study of the Chicago Area Project.

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Institute for Juvenile Research (Ill.)

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Established in 1909 as the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute; renamed the IJR in 1917; it ran the first child guidance clinic and the second organized psychology training program in the nation. It also was one of the first sites for training child psychiatrists. Affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. From the description of Institute for Juvenile Research (Illinois) records, ca. 1930-1980. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713342170 ...

McKay, Henry D. (Henry Donald), 1899-1980

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Illinois. Juvenile Court (Cook County)

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Haffron, Dennis R.

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Shaw, Clifford R. (Clifford Robe), 1895-1957

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Sorrentino, Anthony

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Anthony Sorrentino (1913-2005) was a Chicago sociologist, scholar, and civic leader of Italian descent. Sorrentino worked with the Chicago Area Project (1934-1938) and later as a sociologist at the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR; 1938-1957). In 1957, Sorrentino's work at the IJR was transferred to the Illinois Youth Commission, and in the 1970s to the Department of Corrections. In 1975, Governor Daniel Walker appointed Sorrentino Executive Director of the newly formed Commission on Delinqu...

Chicago Area Project

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Illinois. Youth Commission.

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