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Wikipedia: John Augustus

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The English-language encyclopedia article on John Augustus, the Boston bootmaker credited as the founder of probation in the United States. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Augustus
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Wikipedia: John Augustus
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminologists and Reformers, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Foundational Concepts, 1 claims: 1 connected.

Well-attested

10

Criminologists and Reformers

Holds

1

Criminologists and Reformers

Connected

1

Foundational Concepts

General References

1

Criminologists and Reformers

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