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Origin and plans of the Bureau of Social Hygiene
The Bureau of Social Hygiene formed in 1911 aims to bring lasting reform against vice beyond temporary groups. It establishes a Bedford Hills Laboratory of Social Hygiene to study offenders and determine treatment or custodial care, while conducting nationwide and European comparisons led by Rockefeller and other prominent figures. Ongoing surveys by Kneeland and Flexner will inform a practical New York City plan by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Social Hygiene
New York City
Bureau of Social Agiene
Katharine Bement Davis
New York State Reformatory For Women
Bedford Hills
New York
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Starr J. Murphy
Bar
John D. Rockefeller
Bureau
Miss Davis
Europe
George J. Kneeland
Chicago
Vice Commission
Kneeland
Raines Law
Abraham Flexner
Flexner
United States
Buoreru
John D. Rockefeller, Jr