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Approved Schools for Girls in England, 1933-1973: 'Girls Will Be Girls'

Approved Schools for Girls in England, 1933-1973: 'Girls Will Be Girls'

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

General World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 3031651073
ISBN13: 9783031651076
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 13 2024
Pages: 293
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book provides a detailed study of approved schools for girls, which operated in England and Wales between 1933-1973. Through original archival research, it traces shifting perceptions of, and policy responses to, girls' delinquency and vulnerability during a period of remarkable social change. It examines the transition of provision for girls and young women 'in trouble' from the large-scale post-Victorian reformatories to the therapeutic Community Homes for Education, and the emergence of a 'diagnostic shift' in the provision of care for children in the juvenile secure estate. Through examining the experiences of younger children, it provides a more nuanced understanding of the role approved schools played for girls in need of care, protection, or control during this period, evidencing the gendered use of care-or-protection orders throughout, and the policing of child and family behaviours under the guises of the Education Act.

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