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Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England: Pathways In and Out of Juvenile Institutions, 1854-1920

Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England: Pathways In and Out of Juvenile Institutions, 1854-1920

Name: Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England: Pathways In and Out of Juvenile Institutions, 1854-1920
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
SKU: 9781350407169
Price: 385.00 HKD
Availability: InStock
Author: Tahaney Alghrani
ISBN: 9781350407169

By Tahaney Alghrani

Bloomsbury Academic October 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781350407169
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication: October 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Exploring the reform and regulation of juvenile females in the Victorian and early Edwardian era, this book presents the first-hand experiences of incarcerated girls to shed new light on youth criminalisation in the past and the present.

Focusing on three industrial schools in Bristol and Manchester, Wayward Girls iin Victorian and Edwardian England pays particular attention to gender, age and class to understand how these factors impacted an individual's passage through the Victorian juvenile system. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, it examines representations of deviance and immorality as well as behaviour regulation to bring girls into a field of study previously dominated by male and adult offenders. Asking questions about how to 'reform' delinquent juveniles, this book also uses history to rethink the present and contribute to current debates about juvenile delinquency and reform.

Introduction

1. Deviance, Immorality and Ideal Femininity in Victorian England

2. The Institutions, Locations and Networks

3. Pathways and Entry of Girls into the Institutions

4. 'Carceral Domesticity': Reform, Socialisation and Institutional Cultures

5. Life after the Institutions: Licensing of Juvenile Girls

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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