Between Medicine and Criminology - Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study

Drawing on extensive archival materials and published works, Between Medicine and Criminology is the first book to investigate the history of the making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, its operation and long-term follow-up, as well as what this history holds for modern criminology. Started in 1935 by Richard Cabot, a renowned physician and professor of clinical medicine and social ethics, the CSYS was a kind of mentoring program for young, underprivileged boys. It represents one of the earliest delinquency prevention programs and criminology's first randomized controlled trial. With the influence of several pioneers in criminology-including Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck, William Healy, and Joan McCord-the CSYS stands as an iconic study in the history of criminology.

List of contents

• Foreword by Richard E. Tremblay


• Introduction: Between Medicine and Criminology


• Part I The Life and Vision of Richard Cabot


• Ideals and Pragmatism: Between Medicine and Society


• An Idea is Born: The Influence of the Gluecks and Others


• Part II The Study and Its Social and Intellectual Contexts


• Planning and Development of the Study, 1935-1939


• The Beginning of Experimentation in the Social Sciences


• The Historical Context of Experimentation in Medicine and Public Health


• Part III Preventing and Understanding Delinquency


• Operation of the Study, 1939-1945


• Effects on Delinquency and Criminal Offending: The First Three Full Evaluations


• Joan McCord and Delinquency Causation


• Part IV Conclusions and Future Directions


• 10 Historical Understanding for Modern Criminology


• Notes


• References


• Index

Product details

• Authors: Scott H Podolsky, Podolsky Scott H., Brandon C Welsh, Welsh Brandon C., Steven N Zane, Steven N. Zane
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.07.2025
• EAN: 9780197675946
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767594-6
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Crime & criminology, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law