Bradley, Kate (2017) Saving the Children of Shoreditch: Lady Cynthia Colville and needy families in East London, c.1900-1960. Law, Crime and History, 7 (1). pp. 145-163. ISSN 2045-9238. (KAR id:58881)
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Abstract
This article approaches the question of the ‘child at risk’ through the case of an elite individual who became involved in infant welfare and the juvenile courts: Lady Cynthia Colville. Colville entered into voluntary social work as an activity ‘appropriate’ for a woman of her standing. With her appointment as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary, the already very well-connected Colville had unrivalled access to the Royal Household for promoting the interests of her charities. The case of Colville provides a point of intersection for the historiographies on gender, class, welfare, and crime, and fresh insight into the relationship between ‘innovation’ in social work and the established social order.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | social work, juvenile delinquency, infant welfare, England, London, Shoreditch, social reform, class, elites, voluntary work, families, children and young people, royal family |
Subjects: |
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women H Social Sciences > HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc. H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV27 Philanthropists H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV9069 Juvenile delinquency |
Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
Former Institutional Unit: |
Medway Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
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Depositing User: | Kate Bradley |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2016 20:15 UTC |
Last Modified: | 20 May 2025 13:58 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/58881 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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