Nipping Crime in the Bud : How the Philanthropic Quest Was Put into Law.
Whitten, Muriel.
Nipping Crime in the Bud : How the Philanthropic Quest Was Put into Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (307 pages)
Cover -- About the author -- The author of the Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Dedication -- The Philanthropic Quest -- Alarming Times -- The Philanthropic Plan -- The Philanthropic Network: Ideas and Interests -- The Philanthropic Plan Put Into Practice -- The Early Years -- The Philanthropic Children -- Inside the School of Morals -- Problems of Governance -- Domestic Economy -- Ways and Means -- At 'War' with Mr Robert Young -- Reformatory Refinements -- Network Expansion -- An Act of Incorporation and the Chapel Affair -- What Might Work Better? -- Education, Health and Morals -- A Thinning Mesh of Support -- Highs and Lows -- Fickle Funding -- Diminishing Returns -- Enlightenment -- Change or Decay? -- Government interest: Ups and Downs -- An Experimental Opportunity -- The Legislative Quest -- A Fresh Start -- Reformatory Returns -- The Philanthropic Network for Reform: A Legislative Conundrum -- The Philanthropic Network for Reform: Reasons to be Cheerful -- Into the Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
At a time when problems of crime and antisocial behaviour stimulate debate on big society solutions, this book provides an exceptional means of tracing a line of response which began at the end of the 18th century.
9781906534981
Criminal law-England-History.
Juvenile delinquency-England-History.
Juvenile delinquents-England-History.
Juvenile justice, Administration of-England-History.
Electronic books.
HV9146.A5 W49 2011
364.404525094109034
Nipping Crime in the Bud : How the Philanthropic Quest Was Put into Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (307 pages)
Cover -- About the author -- The author of the Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Dedication -- The Philanthropic Quest -- Alarming Times -- The Philanthropic Plan -- The Philanthropic Network: Ideas and Interests -- The Philanthropic Plan Put Into Practice -- The Early Years -- The Philanthropic Children -- Inside the School of Morals -- Problems of Governance -- Domestic Economy -- Ways and Means -- At 'War' with Mr Robert Young -- Reformatory Refinements -- Network Expansion -- An Act of Incorporation and the Chapel Affair -- What Might Work Better? -- Education, Health and Morals -- A Thinning Mesh of Support -- Highs and Lows -- Fickle Funding -- Diminishing Returns -- Enlightenment -- Change or Decay? -- Government interest: Ups and Downs -- An Experimental Opportunity -- The Legislative Quest -- A Fresh Start -- Reformatory Returns -- The Philanthropic Network for Reform: A Legislative Conundrum -- The Philanthropic Network for Reform: Reasons to be Cheerful -- Into the Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
At a time when problems of crime and antisocial behaviour stimulate debate on big society solutions, this book provides an exceptional means of tracing a line of response which began at the end of the 18th century.
9781906534981
Criminal law-England-History.
Juvenile delinquency-England-History.
Juvenile delinquents-England-History.
Juvenile justice, Administration of-England-History.
Electronic books.
HV9146.A5 W49 2011
364.404525094109034