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Youths in residential institutions

The number of young people in residential institutions tripled between 1948 and 1972. Government financial transfers to the voluntary sector increased markedly during this period.[i]

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Research design for investigating a socio-economic hypothesis of crime amongst Maoris Social background, school performance, adjustment and juvenile offending Study of crime amongst Maoris-preliminary results The home situations of juvenile offenders The Joint Committee on Young Offenders The prediction of juvenile offending - a New Zealand study

Footnotes

[i] go to main content Margaret Tennant, Past Judgement: Social Policy in New Zealand History, co-edited with Bronwyn Dalley, 2004, p. 51.

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