Description: In the middle of the nineteenth century thousands of Irish children, some as young as two years old, were imprisoned or transported to penal colonies. This book looks at the lives and crimes of imprisoned and institutionalised children in Ireland from 1850 to 1908 against the backdrop of the reformatory movement.
Brief description: Geraldine Curtin works in Archives & Special Collections at the University of Galway. Her research interests are in people and crime in the nineteenth century in Ireland. She is the author of The Women of Galway Jail (Arlen House, 2001) and has published articles on reformatories and on the imprisonment of children. In 2012 she completed a PhD on the subject of juvenile crime in Connacht in the nineteenth century
Review Quotes: '...a new series from Cork University Press, Studies in Irish Crime History, ... is doing a fantastic job of putting out entertaining, accessible and interesting titles'.--Lynsey Black "Estudios Irlandeses - Journal of Irish Studies"