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George Asbury essay

 Collection — Folder: S0035
Identifier: S0035
Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of the essay "Observations on the Adult Illiterate Criminal in School," by George Asbury. In it, Asbury discusses how many criminals are illiterate and how an education could help them to become productive members of society. Asbury also reveals the results of a study done at the Indiana Reformatory on 64 men, whose academic progress was carefully examined. His goal was to show that criminal, or "defective," men could be reformed.
Dates: 1907
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / George Asbury essay

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