Approved Schools for Girls in England, 1933-1973

'Girls will be Girls'
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-65107-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 293 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

This book provides a detailed study of approved schools for girls, which operated in England and Wales between 1933-1973. Through original archival research, it traces shifting perceptions of, and policy responses to, girls’ delinquency and vulnerability during a period of remarkable social change. It examines the transition of provision for girls and young women 'in trouble' from the large-scale post-Victorian reformatories to the therapeutic Community Homes for Education, and the emergence of a 'diagnostic shift' in the provision of care for children in the juvenile secure estate. Through examining the experiences of younger children, it provides a more nuanced understanding of the role approved schools played for girls in need of care, protection, or control during this period, evidencing the gendered use of care-or-protection orders throughout, and the policing of child and family behaviours under the guises of the Education Act.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlson, Jessamy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Positioning Approved Schools in Existing Literature.- 3. The National Picture: Policy and Insight.- 4. 'Circumstances': How, Why and When Children are Committed to the Approved Schools.- 5. The Local Picture: Approved Schools on the Ground.- 6. Contemporary Research In and On Approved Schools for Girls.- 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Jessamy Carlson is an historian and archivist. She has worked at The National Archives since 2008, and since 2019 has taught at the Centre for Archive and Information Studies at the University of Dundee, UK.