Abstract
The forces shaping the evolution of social services for delinquent and pregnant young women have affected institutions serving a variety of urban residents. This article chronicles the history of responses to wayward youth, focusing on fundamental changes in the structure of funding for social welfare (particularly the impact of the federated charities movement), the division of labor between the public and private sectors, the role that professionalization has played in the definition of deviance, identification of appropriate client populations, strategies for rehabilitation, and assumptions about the future opportunities of youth upon release from institutions.
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