Author: Lionel W. Fox
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136266380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This is Volume VII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1952, this is an account of the prison and Borstal systems in England and Wales after the Criminal Justice Act 1948, with a historical introduction and an examination of the principles of imprisonment as a legal punishment.
The English Prison and Borstal Systems
Author: Lionel W. Fox
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136266380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This is Volume VII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1952, this is an account of the prison and Borstal systems in England and Wales after the Criminal Justice Act 1948, with a historical introduction and an examination of the principles of imprisonment as a legal punishment.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136266380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This is Volume VII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1952, this is an account of the prison and Borstal systems in England and Wales after the Criminal Justice Act 1948, with a historical introduction and an examination of the principles of imprisonment as a legal punishment.
Borstal Boy
Author: Brendan Behan
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567921052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window . . ." The men were, of course, the police, and seventeen-year-old Behan. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567921052
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This miracle of autobiography and prison literature begins: "Friday, in the evening, the landlady shouted up the stairs: 'Oh God, oh Jesus, oh Sacred Heart, Boy, there's two gentlemen here to see you.' I knew by the screeches of her that the gentlemen were not calling to inquire after my health . . . I grabbed my suitcase, containing Pot. Chlor., Sulph Ac, gelignite, detonators, electrical and ignition, and the rest of my Sinn Fein conjurer's outfit, and carried it to the window . . ." The men were, of course, the police, and seventeen-year-old Behan. He spent three years as a prisoner in England, primarily in Borstal (reform school), and was then expelled to his homeland, a changed but hardly defeated rebel. Once banned in the Irish Republic, Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a clear look into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland.
The Education of Borstal Boys
Author: Erica Stratta
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113626616X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This is Volume VI of fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study looks at the educational experiences prior to, and during, Borstal training. The idea that education, or rather the lack of it, is a contributory factor in the crime of the young is far from new. Dr Stratta shows it’s not just a matter of deciding where education fits into the borstal regime, but where the educationalist himself fits into the borstal community.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113626616X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This is Volume VI of fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study looks at the educational experiences prior to, and during, Borstal training. The idea that education, or rather the lack of it, is a contributory factor in the crime of the young is far from new. Dr Stratta shows it’s not just a matter of deciding where education fits into the borstal regime, but where the educationalist himself fits into the borstal community.
The Education of Borstal Boys
Author: Erica Stratta
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415177375
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415177375
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ireland's 'moral Hospital'
Author: Conor Reidy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Clonmel borstal in county Tipperary was the first and only such institution in Ireland and opened in 1906 for the purpose of reforming male offenders aged between sixteen and twenty-one years. The book also provides comparisons between the administration of the system by the British government prior to Independence and the Irish state after 1921. Two key periods, from 1922-24 and from 1940-46, when the borstal was removed from Clonmel for military purposes, are examined. The book explores the renewed government interest and investment in the borstal in the aftermath of the 'Father Flanagan controversy', following its return to Clonmel in 1946. With signs that the system might finally be on course to fulfill its potential, a number of factors ensured that this optimism was to be short-lived and in 1956 Clonmel borstal ceased operations and the institution was transferred to Dublin. Reidy utilises primarily unpublished official sources to analyse the daily operation of Clonmel borstal.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Clonmel borstal in county Tipperary was the first and only such institution in Ireland and opened in 1906 for the purpose of reforming male offenders aged between sixteen and twenty-one years. The book also provides comparisons between the administration of the system by the British government prior to Independence and the Irish state after 1921. Two key periods, from 1922-24 and from 1940-46, when the borstal was removed from Clonmel for military purposes, are examined. The book explores the renewed government interest and investment in the borstal in the aftermath of the 'Father Flanagan controversy', following its return to Clonmel in 1946. With signs that the system might finally be on course to fulfill its potential, a number of factors ensured that this optimism was to be short-lived and in 1956 Clonmel borstal ceased operations and the institution was transferred to Dublin. Reidy utilises primarily unpublished official sources to analyse the daily operation of Clonmel borstal.
Borstal
Author: Ralph Allison
Publisher: Little Borstal Press
ISBN: 1399951548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The word Borstal is synonymous with the treatment of young criminals, but do you know where it originates? A convict prison built on the top of a hill above the River Medway, which took its name from the local village. First a prison to house the labour building the forts to defend Chatham Dockyard against a landward attack by the French, it became the experiment for a system of youth justice which spread across the country and the Empire. Take a step back in time to learn about the changes in justice systems and a Prison which now celebrates its 150th anniversary.
Publisher: Little Borstal Press
ISBN: 1399951548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The word Borstal is synonymous with the treatment of young criminals, but do you know where it originates? A convict prison built on the top of a hill above the River Medway, which took its name from the local village. First a prison to house the labour building the forts to defend Chatham Dockyard against a landward attack by the French, it became the experiment for a system of youth justice which spread across the country and the Empire. Take a step back in time to learn about the changes in justice systems and a Prison which now celebrates its 150th anniversary.
Borstal Girl
Author: Eileen MacKenney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834768
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Born into a fog-ridden south London slum in 1931, Eileen Killick quickly learned to look after herself. Her brothers were wayward, her mum had TB and her dad was working all hours on the railways. By the time she was fourteen she had survived the Blitz, a spell in a care home and her mother's death, but she craved excitement, embarking on shoplifting sprees, liberating fur coats and rolling toffs up west with notorious 'queen of thieves' Shirley Pitts. Eileen soon found herself in borstal, put to work building roads like a navvy. Known as 'Kill', she had a reputation as one of the hardest woman behind bars. Then, in the 1950s she met and married career criminal Harry 'Big H' MacKenney, and she was soon fraternising with the toughest, most colourful characters in the London underworld. She went on to have four children, whom she loved and protected, but life was extremely tough and Eileen fell back into her old ways, thieving and fighting to make ends meet. The 1970s brought police corruption and brutality to Eileen's doorstep. When Harry was banged up, Eileen carried on the 'family business' alone and found herself on the wrong side of the law - again. Yet throughout a catalogue of trouble this defiant London bad girl of the old school always kept her defiant sense of humour. Borstal Girlis a true story of shocking violence and survival that pulls no punches, but it is also a secret criminal history of a London long past. There is no other female memoir like it.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834768
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Born into a fog-ridden south London slum in 1931, Eileen Killick quickly learned to look after herself. Her brothers were wayward, her mum had TB and her dad was working all hours on the railways. By the time she was fourteen she had survived the Blitz, a spell in a care home and her mother's death, but she craved excitement, embarking on shoplifting sprees, liberating fur coats and rolling toffs up west with notorious 'queen of thieves' Shirley Pitts. Eileen soon found herself in borstal, put to work building roads like a navvy. Known as 'Kill', she had a reputation as one of the hardest woman behind bars. Then, in the 1950s she met and married career criminal Harry 'Big H' MacKenney, and she was soon fraternising with the toughest, most colourful characters in the London underworld. She went on to have four children, whom she loved and protected, but life was extremely tough and Eileen fell back into her old ways, thieving and fighting to make ends meet. The 1970s brought police corruption and brutality to Eileen's doorstep. When Harry was banged up, Eileen carried on the 'family business' alone and found herself on the wrong side of the law - again. Yet throughout a catalogue of trouble this defiant London bad girl of the old school always kept her defiant sense of humour. Borstal Girlis a true story of shocking violence and survival that pulls no punches, but it is also a secret criminal history of a London long past. There is no other female memoir like it.
Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy
Author: Frank McMahon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Behan, Brendan. Borstal boy
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Play about Behan's early life in the Irish Republican Army. Winner of the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Behan, Brendan. Borstal boy
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Play about Behan's early life in the Irish Republican Army. Winner of the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
Borstal Boys
Author: David Clarke
Publisher: Abshott Publications
ISBN:
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The book charts the life of two brothers, from the UK, who were young criminals in the 1960s, in England. They were both sent to prison for malicious wounding and served time in Dover Borstal and Maidstone Prison. On release from Dover Borstal, the younger brother had a three-year career of undetected crime until arrested, but not by the police. He had a bad trip on LSD and called out to God for help, saying Jesus. ''Please help me''. He turned his life around that night, and read the bible to find out who Jesus was and read classical Christian literature. Went on to higher education became a lecturer, and Baptist minister, and taught electronics for over 22 years in colleges of Further and Higher Education. His older brother was unaffected by his conversion from crime to Christ and carried on his flamboyant lifestyle. Twenty-five years later, he too was arrested in the Philippines and given a 16-year prison sentence, where he served his time in New Bilibid Prison. Five years into his prison sentence, he came to an end and felt suicidal and turned to the Lord for help and salvation. On hearing this news, his younger brother, with a Christian friend, went to the Philippines on a preaching mission to the Jails of the Philippines, called Trojan Horse International. They worked with Religious volunteers and many prison inmates within New Bilibid Prison and encouraged 66 inmates, who had turned their backs on their criminal past, to write their testimonies which they published in their book 'Trojan Warriors'.
Publisher: Abshott Publications
ISBN:
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The book charts the life of two brothers, from the UK, who were young criminals in the 1960s, in England. They were both sent to prison for malicious wounding and served time in Dover Borstal and Maidstone Prison. On release from Dover Borstal, the younger brother had a three-year career of undetected crime until arrested, but not by the police. He had a bad trip on LSD and called out to God for help, saying Jesus. ''Please help me''. He turned his life around that night, and read the bible to find out who Jesus was and read classical Christian literature. Went on to higher education became a lecturer, and Baptist minister, and taught electronics for over 22 years in colleges of Further and Higher Education. His older brother was unaffected by his conversion from crime to Christ and carried on his flamboyant lifestyle. Twenty-five years later, he too was arrested in the Philippines and given a 16-year prison sentence, where he served his time in New Bilibid Prison. Five years into his prison sentence, he came to an end and felt suicidal and turned to the Lord for help and salvation. On hearing this news, his younger brother, with a Christian friend, went to the Philippines on a preaching mission to the Jails of the Philippines, called Trojan Horse International. They worked with Religious volunteers and many prison inmates within New Bilibid Prison and encouraged 66 inmates, who had turned their backs on their criminal past, to write their testimonies which they published in their book 'Trojan Warriors'.
Borstal Re-assessed
Author: Roger Hood
Publisher: London : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile delinquency
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: London : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile delinquency
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description