Gender, Justice and Welfare
Subtitle: Bad Girls in Britain, 1900-1950
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333744345
Subjects: Causes & prevention of crime; Women's studies; 20th century; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; British Isles; Criminology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology - General; Political Science-Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sex discrimination in justice administration; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science / Women's Studies; Social Science-Sociology - General; Women's Studies - General; Female juvenile delinquents; Female offenders; Great Britain; History; Juvenile corrections
Description: "The first major study of the history of British 'bad girls', this book uses a range of professional, popular and personal sources to explore the experiences of girls in the early juvenile justice system. It highlights the role of the voluntary sector in the creation of the modern welfare state, showing how that state relied on religious and charitable bodies for the care and reform of girls defined as both dangerous and endangered, as sinners and citizens. 'Bad girls' are not 'new'. The lively investigation shows how they have posed a recurring challenge to established generational and gender orders, and demonstrates how their construction and treatment was central to the development of modern notions of citizenship and justice."--BOOK JACKET.