1st Edition

Revival: Young Offenders (1938) Yesterday and Today

By Geraldine S. Cadbury Copyright 1938
    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    This unusual book tells vividly the story of children who have broken the law and their treatment from the time of King Athelstan to present day.

    With few exceptions, they suffered for centuries the same harsh treatment as older men and women, and it was only gradually that the terrible conditions in the prisons in this and other countries improved

    The early experiments in wiser treatment are graphically described and the efficacy of modern reformative measures is clearly demonstrated

    Legislation affecting young offenders is explained and the book should prove most valuable to all those who have responsibility for dealing with difficult children

    Forward

    I. Athelstan and Early Treatment

    II. Children in Newgate and Other Prisons

    III. Transportation

    IV. New Experiments

    V. Mary Carpenter and other Pioneers

    VI. Juvenile Courts in America

    VII. Probation of Offenders act, 1907, Children Act, 1908, Early Juvenile Courts in England

    VIII. Industrial Schools and Reformatories

    IX. A Belgian Observation Home X. Children and Young Persons Act, 1933

    XI. The Juvenile Court To-Day

    XII. Causes of Juvenile Delinquency and Future Methods of Treatment. Appendix Chronology Index

    Biography

    Dame Geraldine Southall Cadbury, DBE (29 June 1864 – 30 January 1941)[1] was a British Quaker, author, social and penal reformer. She was the wife of Barrow Cadbury, with whom she had three children, Dorothy Adlington, (1892-1987), Paul Strangman (1895-1984), and Geraldine Mary, (1900-1999).