Ladies of lost causes : rehabilitation, women offenders, and the voluntary sector
by
Rumgay, Judith.
Title
:
Ladies of lost causes : rehabilitation, women offenders, and the voluntary sector
Author
:
Rumgay, Judith.
ISBN
:
9781897160169
Personal Author
:
Rumgay, Judith.
Publication Information
:
[Canada] : de Sitter Publications, c2007.
Physical Description
:
xii, 264 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents
:
Introduction -- A philanthropic phoenix -- Just ladies who lunch? -- Pioneers on the front line -- Dangerous women or women in danger? -- Rehabilitation in the real world -- Desistance and despair -- The philanthropic ideal.
Abstract
:
"In this study Judith Rumgay unearths a treasure trove of archive material on a remarkable project, the Griffins Society. She documents the radical contribution of women philanthropists and practitioners to offender rehabilitation. Drawing on archival, interview, and observational sources, the author describes, analyses, and evaluates a distinctive model of care provision by volunteer, upper middle-class women that has since been overtaken by the professionalization of the voluntary sector."--BOOK JACKET.
Corporate Subject
:
Griffins Society.
Subject Term
:
Female offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain.
Volunteer workers in corrections -- Great Britain.
Women volunteers in social service -- Great Britain.
Women philanthropists -- Great Britain.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | 1:GEN-BOOK | 33168020392573 | 365.660941 H465L 2007 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |