Boys' stories of their time in a residential school: 'the best years of our lives'
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Main Author: Smith, Mark 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge 2023
Series:Routledge advances in social work
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Abstract:"This book provides rich insights into the pre and post care experiences of boys who were pupils in a residential school where the author worked over the course of the 1980s. It describes the boys' trajectories through life, as well as detailing the rhythms, rituals, routines and relationships that existed in the school. While the focus is on the (former) boys' experiences, these are augmented by interview material from staff members, including religious Brothers, who worked in the school. Together, these different perspectives provide unique insights to an area of social work history that is ill-served by existing accounts, making the book required reading for all scholars and students of social work; social and oral history; narrative sociology; criminology and desistance and social policy"--
Physical Description:XI, 159 Seiten 24,2 cm
ISBN:9781138598706
9781032333885