[JUVENILE DELINQUENTS] HART, Hastings H.
Child Welfare in the District of Columbia: A Study of Agencies and Institutions for the Care of Dependent and Delinquent Children
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1924. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 150pp; 17 leaves of inserted plates (halftones); 15 statistical tables. Very minor discoloration to cloth at extremities; remainder stamp to bottom edge of text block; else a fine copy in the original printed dustwrapper, lightly soiled and with minuscule losses at spine ends, VG or better. A fresh, attractive copy.
Documentary survey of orphanages and reform schools in metropolitan Washington, illustrated with numerous photographic plates of facilities, administrators, and inmates. Many of the subjects are African-American, and there is much information on various Black-only institutions.
