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Definition of Reformatories
1. reformatory [n] - See also: reformatory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reformatories
Literary usage of Reformatories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dangerous classes of New York and twenty years' work among them by Charles Loring Brace (1872)
"We do not deny great services and successes to the existing congregated reformatories
of this country. But their success has been in spite of their system. ..."
2. Un-American Immigration: Its Present Effects and Future Perils : a Study by Rena Michaels Atchison (1894)
"The entire number of inmates of our juvenile reformatories according to the census
of 1890, may be classified according to sax and parentage as follows: The ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1885)
"reformatories have suffered from these defects very seriously, ... The favorite
mode of organizing reformatories has been that of intrusting their ..."
4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1893)
"reformatories THE HISTORY OF reformatories. BY REV. JH NUTTING. ... other members
of the Committee on the History of reformatories: hence only the writer ..."
5. Prison Methods in New York State, a Contribution to the Study of the Theory by Philip Klein (1920)
"WOMEN'S reformatories The indeterminate sentence in women's reformatories was
introduced at the time of their organization. It was part of the laws creating ..."
6. Prison Methods in New York State, a Contribution to the Study of the Theory by Philip Klein (1920)
"WOMEN'S reformatories The indeterminate sentence in women's reformatories was
introduced at the time of their organization. It was part of the laws creating ..."
7. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1864)
"The success of this system of indenturing is eminently encouraging, and some of
the reformatories find it difficult to meet the applications that are made ..."
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