Institute for Juvenile Research (Illinois) records, ca. 1930-1980.

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Institute for Juvenile Research (Illinois) records, ca. 1930-1980.

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Research files, correspondence, intake cards, field diaries, transcripts and recordings of interviews, case files, reports, staff papers, published research, surveys, working papers, and other materials of the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR). The collection also includes a clinical assessment of a segregated urban fourth grade (1960s), interviews on youth culture (9170s), and various theses in alphabetical order by author (1920s-1950s, 1970). The collection includes life histories compiled by the IJR, primarily 1929-1933 (although they date from 1921-1940s), by interviewing youths and young adults, most of whom were confined in Illinois detention facilities. Most were white, male, first-generation Americans. Interviews emphasize their childhoods and the development of their criminal activities. At least one interviewee was African American and two were women. Other topics often discussed include prison life; families, homes, and ethnicity; youth gangs; and sexual behavior and attitudes. There is some description of Chicago during the 1910s and 1920s.

119 linear ft.

Chicago History Museum

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Chicago History Museum

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Simon, William, 1930-2000

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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...

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

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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 ...