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Gender, justice and welfare : bad girls in Britain, 1900-1950 / Pamela Cox.
Van Pelt Library HV9145.A5 C69 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cox, Pamela, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female juvenile delinquents--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Female juvenile delinquents.
- Female offenders--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Female offenders.
- Juvenile corrections--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Juvenile corrections.
- Discrimination in juvenile justice administration--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in juvenile justice administration.
- Sex discrimination in justice administration--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Sex discrimination in justice administration.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 228 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Bad girls in Britain, 1900-1950
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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 20th century juvenile justice system. It examines the processes leading to their definition as variously delinquent, defective or neglected and analyzes the different possibilities for public and private reform made available to them. It shows how "bad girls, " though few in number, posed a recurring challenge to established generational and gender orders, and questions the popular contemporary belief that "rising" delinquency among girls has been the product of late-20th century social changes.
- Contents:
- 1 Defining 1
- Reforming the 'modern' girl 3
- Absences and presences 8
- Gender, justice and citizenship 12
- 2 Counting 17
- Girls and the juvenile justice system 18
- Theft 26
- Violence 33
- Sex, care and protection 37
- 3 Policing 51
- Statutory strategies 52
- Private justice 66
- 4 Reforming 80
- Domestic economy 86
- Disciplinary economy 95
- Defining reform 104
- 5 Writing 107
- Entering care 109
- Negotiating care 120
- Beyond care 129
- 6 Diagnosing 135
- Pathology, puberty and the sex-instinct 137
- Families, social relations and subcultures 146
- Consuming expert diagnoses 156
- 7 Redefining 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-223) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0333744349
- OCLC:
- 50228686
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