The Parramatta Industrial School for Girls' experience : a study of the contradictory nature of state child welfare and juvenile justice policies and practices / Lynette Aitken.
Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : [The Author]; 2004.Description: viii, 64 p. tables ; 30 cm. + 1 sound disc (CD)Subject(s):- Parramatta Industrial School for Girls' (Parramatta, N.S.W.) -- History
- Girls -- Institutional care -- New South Wales. -- Parramatta
- Reformatories for women -- New South Wales -- Parramatta -- History
- Vocational training centres -- New South Wales -- Parramatta -- History
- Child welfare -- New South Wales
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Thesis | Jessie Street National Women's Library | Theses | TH 362.732 AIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for loan to members and ILL | 66004 |
Thesis (B. S. Sc. (Hons))--University of Western Sydney, 2004.
Thesis by the author, a PhD candidate and former inmate of the industrial school. "This study interviewed ten former inmates...about their experiences before, during and after their incarceration...a literature search...textual analysis and narrative inquiry... found that there were marked contradictions in the stated intentions and meanings of the various policies and laws and their application by those charged with their administration..." [from abstract].
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