Opening schools and closing prisons : caring for destitute and delinquent children in Scotland 1812-1872 / Andrew G. Ralston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ralston, Andrew G., author.

Series:

Routledge studies in modern British history ; 14.

Routledge studies in modern British history ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--Scotland--History--19th century.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquency--Scotland--History--19th century.

Juvenile delinquency.

Prisons--Scotland--History--19th century.

Prisons.

Reformatories--Scotland--History--19th century.

Reformatories.

Trade schools--Scotland--History--19th century.

Trade schools.

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation.

History.

Scotland.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 178 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

Preface

Punishment, reformation and prevention : changing attitudes to juvenile crime in mid-nineteenth century Britain

The lamentable extent of youthful depravity : the Tron Riot of 1812

Stirrings for change : developments in Edinburgh, 1812-1846

"An intermediate step" : the Glasgow house of refuge, 1838-1854

Prevention is better than cure : the Aberdeen industrial schools, 1841-1854

Ragged school rivalry : the original versus the united industrial school in Edinburgh, 1847-1854

"A better model" : the influence of the Scottish approach in England

The formation of a national system (i) : reformatory and industrial schools legislation, 1854-1872

The formation of a national system (ii) : the effects of legislation on individual schools

Schooling for all : industrial schools and the 1872 Education Act

Change and continuity : nineteenth century approaches in context

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138221727

1138221724

OCLC:

957413703