Cruelty Man

Description:

In Ireland, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) was the principle organisation involved in investigating families and protecting children. The 'cruelty men', as NSPCC inspectors were known, acted as child protection workers and 'children's police'. This book looks at their history as well as the history of Ireland's industrial schools, poverty in Irish families, changing ideas around childhood and parenthood and the lives of children in Ireland from 1889 to 1956.

subjects: Abused children,  Ireland, history,  Children, ireland,  History,  Services for,  National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,  NSPCC Ireland,  History, 20th Century,  History, 19th Century,  Child Abuse,  Prevention & control,  Child Welfare,  NSPCC in Ireland