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Routledge Ladies of Lost Causes - Women Offenders & Rehabilitation

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Ladies of Lost Causes presents a groundbreaking historical study of the Griffins Society's residential programme for female offenders, authored by Judith Rumgay. This meticulously researched work documents the instrumental role of women philanthropists and practitioners in offender rehabilitation during a transformative period in social care. Drawing on archival records, interviews, and direct observation, Rumgay provides a detailed examination of how upper-middle-class volunteer women developed and delivered a distinctive model of care that prioritised human rehabilitation over punitive approaches. The book traces the evolution of this pioneering work and its eventual displacement by professional social services, offering crucial insights into the history of women's activism in criminal justice and voluntary sector development. Essential reading for scholars of criminology, social history, philanthropy, and gender studies seeking to understand how voluntary organisations shaped modern approaches to offender rehabilitation.

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Judith Rumgay's original research documents the Griffins Society's residential programme for female offenders and its rehabilitation model.

The book analyses the contribution of women philanthropists and practitioners to developing innovative approaches in offender care and rehabilitation.

Rumgay uses archival sources, interview data, and observational research to construct a detailed historical and sociological account.

Ladies of Lost Causes explores how volunteer-led provision by upper-middle-class women eventually gave way to professionalised voluntary sector services.

Published by Routledge and distributed by Willan, this work addresses criminology, social history, and gender studies within anthropology and sociology.

The study examines pathways into voluntary sector work and the evolution of women's roles in social care and criminal justice reform.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
11 January 2017
Listed Since
21 November 2016

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