The success of the civilization offensive: societal adaptation of reformed boys in the early twentieth century in the Netherlands

TY - JOUR

T1 - The success of the civilization offensive: societal adaptation of reformed boys in the early twentieth century in the Netherlands

AU - Bijleveld, C.

AU - van Poppel, F.W.A.

N1 - Reporting year: 2011

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The reform of criminals and potential digressors has been the object of politicians’ and policy makers’ concern for over a century. Interventions and preventative efforts to achieve this, are these days scrutinized by committees of learned men and women for their ‘evidence-based’ effectiveness. This article will attempt to analyse the effectiveness of one such early intervention effort in the Netherlands, where from the start of the 20th century onwards children were re-educated in steeply increasing numbers with the aim of preventing them from falling prey to lives of crime and vice.

AB - The reform of criminals and potential digressors has been the object of politicians’ and policy makers’ concern for over a century. Interventions and preventative efforts to achieve this, are these days scrutinized by committees of learned men and women for their ‘evidence-based’ effectiveness. This article will attempt to analyse the effectiveness of one such early intervention effort in the Netherlands, where from the start of the 20th century onwards children were re-educated in steeply increasing numbers with the aim of preventing them from falling prey to lives of crime and vice.

U2 - 10.1353/jsh.2011.0051

DO - 10.1353/jsh.2011.0051

M3 - Article

SN - 0022-4529

VL - 44

SP - 1173

EP - 1194

JO - Journal of Social History

JF - Journal of Social History

IS - 4

ER -