Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England: Pathways in and Out of Juvenile Institutions, 1854-1920

by Tahaney Alghrani

Book Overview

Exploring the reform and regulation of juvenile females in the Victorian and early Edwardian era, this book presents the first-hand experiences of incarcerated girls to shed new light on youth criminalisation in the past and the present.

Focusing on three industrial schools in Bristol and Manchester, Wayward Girls in Victorian Era pays particular attention to gender, age and class to understand how these factors impacted an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135040716X
• ISBN13: 9781350407169
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"