Criminal Irish Drunkards

The Inebriate Reformatory System 1900-1920

Nonfiction, History, Ireland
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Author: Conor Reidy ISBN: 9780750959803
Publisher: The History Press Publication: December 1, 2014
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Conor Reidy
ISBN: 9780750959803
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: December 1, 2014
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

This book examines the Inebriate Reformatory system in Ireland, from its foundation in 1900 until its closure in 1920, and the three institutions charged with punishing or rehabilitating habitual drunkards: the State Inebriate Reformatory, the Certified Inebriate Reformatory, and the Voluntary Inebriate Retreat. This book offers a unique insight into the habitual inebriate offender class in Ireland. Using registers of inmates, annual reports, court cases, and institutional records, it presents a stark account of the ways in which alcohol addiction, combined with lack of opportunity, condemned countless Irish victims to lives of poverty and misery in the early 20th century. It looks at the ways in which institutional staff sought to exact reform over the inmates through education, training, religion, and discipline.

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This book examines the Inebriate Reformatory system in Ireland, from its foundation in 1900 until its closure in 1920, and the three institutions charged with punishing or rehabilitating habitual drunkards: the State Inebriate Reformatory, the Certified Inebriate Reformatory, and the Voluntary Inebriate Retreat. This book offers a unique insight into the habitual inebriate offender class in Ireland. Using registers of inmates, annual reports, court cases, and institutional records, it presents a stark account of the ways in which alcohol addiction, combined with lack of opportunity, condemned countless Irish victims to lives of poverty and misery in the early 20th century. It looks at the ways in which institutional staff sought to exact reform over the inmates through education, training, religion, and discipline.

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