'A Strange Mixture of Caring and Corruption': Residential Care in Christian Brothers Orphanages and Industrial Schools during Their Last Phase, 1940s to 1960s.

Coldrey, Barry

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ERIC Number: EJ656568

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Publication Date: 2000

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'A Strange Mixture of Caring and Corruption': Residential Care in Christian Brothers Orphanages and Industrial Schools during Their Last Phase, 1940s to 1960s.

Coldrey, Barry

History of Education, v29 n4 p343-55 Jul 2000

Explores the two Christian Brothers religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church. Focuses on the Irish Congregation that has been controversial, specifically in its residential care for neglected, orphaned, and delinquent children. States that allegations of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse has been reported in their institutions. (CMK)

Descriptors: Catholics, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Neglect, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Religion, Religious Education, Staff Role, Violence, Working Class

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland

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