The Legal Framework for Work with Juveniles in Secure Settings in Denmark
The need for aftercare to enable social inclusion on leaving care
Young offenders
What is the Matter with Feltham?
The need to learn from research – and think more deeply
Crime – A Challenge to Us All :Chaired by Lord Longford
A seminal Labour Party report which affected later policy-making
The Child, the Family and the Young Offender
A White Paper which caused debate about ways to deal with young offenders.
Children in trouble
A new rationale for treating young offenders
The Ingleby Report:Chaired by Viscount Ingleby
A thorough review of the management of young offenders
‘Troubled and Troublesome’ by Masud Hoghughi
A comprehensive ground-breaking study of secure care
A Measure of Success
An event which showed the long-term impact of Wellesley’s nautical training
A Brief History of Events and Trends from 1695 to 1969 in the Residential Care of Young Offenders in the UK
1695 August Hermann Francke (1663-1727) opened an orphan asylum at Halle in Germany, the first reformatory. 1706 Jean Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719) started a boarding school at St. Yon, France, which evolved into a reformatory; several Roman Catholic approved schools are still run by the Brothers of St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle. 1735-1811 … Read more
The Court Lees Affair
A scandal which rocked the approved school system and heralded its end
‘After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools’ by Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul Cherrett
Spencer Millham, Roger Bullock and Paul, Cherrett (1975) After Grace, Teeth: A Comparative Study of Residential Experience of Boys in Approved Schools London Human Context 0 903137 11 9 Following his successful collaboration with Royston Lambert, head of the Social Research Unit at King’s College, Cambridge, in a sociological study of boarding schools (Lambert and … Read more
‘The Development of Secure Units in Child Care’ by G J Blumenthal
An architect’s analysis of secure care