Author: Andrew G. Ralston

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1315409720

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- 1 Punishment, reformation and prevention: changing attitudes to juvenile crime in mid-nineteenth century Britain -- 2 'The lamentable extent of youthful depravity': the Tron Riot of 1812 -- 3 Stirrings for change: developments in Edinburgh, 1812-1846 -- 4 'An intermediate step': the Glasgow House of Refuge, 1838-1854 -- 5 Prevention is better than cure: the Aberdeen industrial schools, 1841-1854