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Europa siguiendo el modelo de Mettray, y el posterior «sistema de reformatorio» que surgió en los Estados Unidos a partir de dichas experiencias y de las constitutivas del sistema progresivo (siendo el Reformatorio de Elmira su modelo principal), fueron bien conocidas en España, aunque su influencia fue muy tardía. Este trabajo pretende
Mettray is, above all else, a deeply personal illumination of life inside France's most venerated carceral institution. The Mettray Penal Colony was a private reformatory without walls, established in France in 1840 for the rehabilitation of young male delinquents.
15 de nov. de 2019 · The book dissects Mettray's social anatomy, exploring inmates' experiences. More than 17,000 young men passed through the reformatory before its closure, and the book situates their struggles within changing conceptions of childhood and adolescence in modern France.
13 de may. de 2020 · Mettray provides unique insight into the experiences, lives, and decisions of juvenile delinquents over the course of the nineteenth century.
9 de feb. de 2022 · Stephen A. Toth follows Mettray, a private agricultural penal colony for wayward boys, from its opening in 1840 to its closure in 1937. Its founder, Frédéric Demetz, aimed to rescue untended urchins from city streets and juveniles convicted of crimes from adult jails.
Drawing on insights from sociology, criminology, critical theory, and social history, Stephen Toth dissects Mettray's social anatomy, exploring inmates' experiences. More than 17, 000 young men passed through the reformatory before its closure, and Toth situates their struggles within changing conceptions of childhood and adolescence in modern ...
Download Citation | Mettray: A History of France’s Most Venerated Carceral Institution. | This solid history of the Mettray boys’ reformatory, from its opening in 1840 to its closure in 1937,...
