In Plain Sight
by Amy Casttor
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on Behind the Bastards.
education reforminstitutional accountabilitytrue crime
The general take
Robert Evans presents In Plain Sight as a factual account of the troubled history at Duncroft school, noting the book documents how girls were sent there for various reasons, including as punishment for being victims of sexual abuse. He emphasizes the shocking injustice that underage girls who had been sexually abused were themselves criminalized and institutionalized rather than protected.
Who said what
Robert Evans💬 Mentioned
…discussing duncroft approved school for girls and troubled children in the system
“Per the book In Plain Sight, girls were sent to Duncroft for a variety of misdemeanors. One girl who arrived at the school as a 14-year-old in 1972 insisted years later that half the girls were there as punishment for being the victims of sexual abuse, the crime of having sex underage, as we thought it.”
Behind the Bastards — Part Four: Jimmy Savile: Britain's Unending Nightmareat 05:38
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