Without Locks and Bars: Reforming Our Reform Schools

by Grant R. Grissom and William L. Dubnov

Book Overview

A pioneering contribution to the field of juvenile corrections and organizational development, this volume documents the organizational change process which transformed Glen Mills Schools, America's oldest juvenile correctional institution, from a physically deteriorating, ineffective institution into one of the most successful residential programs for delinquents in the nation. Of particular interest to practitioners, policymakers, researchers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275932826
• ISBN13: 9780275932824
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The golden key to unlocking potential in youth.

If you are an educator, administrator, or have a social conscience, this is the book to read. Mssrs. Grissom and Dubnov outline how one organization (Glen Mills) has 'unlocked' societies obvious, yet hidden, potential for change, normative culture. Every school system in the country should be exploring how to implement this system.