Young Criminal Lives is the first cradle-to-grave study of the experiences of some of the
thousands of delinquent, difficult and destitute children passing through the early English …

Recent penal policy developments in many jurisdictions suggest an increasing role for
voluntary organizations. Voluntary organizations have long worked alongside penal …

Purpose Adopting a sense of critical enquiry when examining historical sources, it is
possible to gain a richer and broader sense of present practice. The aim of this study is to …

During the 19th Century, hundreds of thousands of people were caught up in what Foucault
famously referred to as the 'great confinement', or 'great incarceration', spanning …

Introduction Like all of the previous National Deviancy Conferences, the 2014 event at
Teesside University generated much progressive thought and debate. However …

Desde los años noventa del siglo pasado, la problemática del crecimiento, el desarrollo
socioeconómico y una más equitativa distribución de la riqueza se ha reinstalado con …

This article challenges the entrenched image of child emigration as a failure in child welfare.
By moving the analytical focus away from large, and at times corrupt, institutions, our …

This article explores the nature of power and control under the New Poor Law to better
engage with the Victorian approach to discipline and punishment in 'closed'institutions, such …

The systematic transportation of criminals from Ireland to the colonies ceased in 1853 and
was officially abolished by the Penal Servitude Act of 1857. Yet this did not end the …

This article explores the needs of young people leaving residential care and the provision of
aftercare support in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Young people's …