(print) xxi, 279 p. ; 23 cm
2nd edition

Preface to the second edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. Going to Massachusetts -- 1. Juvenile justice rhetoric. p.3 -- 2. A preview of deinstitutionalization. p.16 -- 3. Background. p.23 -- 4. The invitation. p.32 -- 5. Punishment vs. restoration. p.43 -- II. A brief tour -- 6. Waiting rooms. p.55 -- 7. Warehouses. p.61 -- III. Reforming reform schools -- 8. Finding a direction. p.83 -- 9. Reverberations. p.108 -- 10. Anticipating the worst. p.117 -- 11. Doing least harm: humane institutions. p.132 -- IV. The alternative system -- 12. Deinstitutionalization. p.153 -- 13. Community-based alternatives. p.177 -- 14. The myth of "violent" teenagers. p.191 -- 15. Side effects: the county training schools. p.199 -- 16. Backlash. p.204 -- 17. Results: after almost all is said and done. p.218 -- V. Ponderings on criminals and criminologists -- 18. Of psychopaths and allopaths. p.229 -- 19. In search of aliens. p.240 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.