Policing gender, class and family : Britain, 18001945 /

Mahood, Linda, 1960,

Policing gender, class and family : Britain, 18001945 / Linda Mahood. - 1 online resource (viii, 172 pages) - Women's history . - Women's history. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-169) and index.

1. The genesis of the social -- 2. The child in danger -- 3. The dangerous child -- 4. The child-savers : the terrain of contestation -- 5. Child-saving institutions -- 6. Sexuality and the gendered delinquent -- 7. Conclusion : policing gender, class and family.

9780203993668 9781135369224 9781135369262 9781135369279

10.4324/9780203993668 doi


Reformatories--History.--Scotland
Juvenile delinquency--History.--Scotland
Family policy--History.--Scotland

HV9147.A5 / M34 1995

345.41108 / M216