Miscellaneous Research Notes
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes by Spencer on various topics including: Parsons; prisoners' families; capital punishment; the social system as a defence against anxiety; proprosal for a youth studies centre to be established at the University of Southern California; school drop outs; CSWE Official statement of curriculum policy; penal reform in Sweden; prison chaplains; drug addiction and drug traffic; modern penal code.
Printed material: A Year in the Life of the Chapel at the Top of the StairsJune 1963-June 1964, compiled by a group of inmates with the assistance of the Protestant Chaplain and the kind permission of the Warden, Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1967
Extent
1 folder
Creator
- From the Fonds: Spencer, John Carrington, 1915-1978 (Professor of Social Administration) (Person)
Repository Details
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