Gender,Justice and Welfare in Britain,1900-1950: Bad Girls in Britain, 1900-1950

by P. Cox, Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)

Overview

The first major study of the history of British "bad girls," this book uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in the twentieth century juvenile justice system, examine the processes leading to their definition as delinquent, defective or neglected, and analyses possibilities for reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349410224
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Edition description:	1st ed. 2003
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

PAMELA COX (BA, Ph.D. Cambridge) has worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex since 1997. Prior to that she taught History at Essex and at University College Chichester. She specialises in the history of criminal justice, public policies and gender relations. Her other publications include Becoming Delinquent: British and European Youth, 1650-1950 (Ashgate 2002), co-edited with Heather Shore, and Crime in Modern Britain (OUP 2002), co-authored with colleagues from Essex. She will also be presenting the new BBC documentary, 'The Real Servants', scheduled for Autumn 2012.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: DEFINING Reforming the Modern Girl Absences and Presences Gender, Justice and Citizenship CHAPTER TWO: COUNTING Girls and the Juvenile Courts Theft and Violence Sex, Care and Protection CHAPTER THREE: POLICING Statutory Strategies Private Justice CHAPTER FOUR: REFORMING Domestic Economy Disciplinary Economy Defining Reform CHAPTER FIVE: WRITING Entering Care Negotiating Care Beyond Care CHAPTER SIX: DIAGNOSING Pathology, Puberty and the Sex-Instinct Social Relations and Subcultures Consuming Expert Diagnoses CHAPTER SEVEN: REDEFINING

Editorial Reviews

A significant and welcome study...with much to offer the cultural and social historian, the historian of gender, of women and of criminal justice and welfare.' - Shani D'Cruze, Cultural and Social History

'Concentrating on girls, Cox maps out and explains how they came to be defined as 'problems' and how they were subsequently treated in the child welfare system. Based on a thoughtful and critical assessment of a wealth of sources including government reports, administrative records, case files, letters, autobiographies and contemporary academic studies, Cox establishes that a consideration of gender is essential to understanding the workings of juvenile justice.' - Journal of Social History

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