Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland / / Christine Kelly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Kelly, Christine,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Explores the history of juvenile justice and the day industrial school movement in 19th-century ScotlandIllustrates the relevance of historical research to contemporary youth justiceContributes to the growing interest in Scottish criminal justice history, which until recently has been sparsely covered Offers a lively account, with discussion of newly published theoriesHow did Scotland’s criminal justice system respond to marginalised street children who found themselves on the wrong side of the law, often for simple vagrancy or other minor offences? This book examines the historical criminalisation of Scotland’s Victorian children, as well as revealing the history and early success of the Scottish day industrial school movement – a philanthropic response to juvenile offending hailed as ‘magic’ in Charles Dickens’s Household Words.With case studies ranging from police courts to the High Court of Justiciary, the book offers a lively account of the way children experienced Scotland’s early juvenile justice system.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Young Offender -- 2. Pressure for Reform -- 3. The Dream Fades -- 4. New Horizons? -- 5. The Road to Kilbrandon -- Notes -- References -- Index