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'''Kathleen Jones''' (7 April 1922 – 13 October 2010)<ref>{{cite web|last=Reisz|first=Matthew|title=Obituary Kathleen Jones, 1922-2010|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/414295.article|publisher=Times Higher Education|accessdate=25 November 2013|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> was a [[professor]] of [[social policy]] and Head of Department of Social Policy and Social Work, [[University of York]], 1965–87 and [[Professor#The United Kingdom, Ireland and other English speaking countries|Emeritus Professor]] after 1987.
'''Kathleen Jones''' (7 April 1922 – 13 October 2010)<ref>{{cite web|last=Reisz|first=Matthew|title=Obituary Kathleen Jones, 1922-2010|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/414295.article|publisher=[[Times Higher Education]]|accessdate=25 November 2013|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> was a [[professor]] of [[social policy]] and Head of Department of Social Policy and Social Work, [[University of York]], 1965–87 and [[Professor#The United Kingdom, Ireland and other English speaking countries|Emeritus Professor]] after 1987.<ref name="Litpress2023">{{Cite news |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: December |url=https://litpress.org/Products/2388/Butlers-Lives-of-the-Saints-December |website=[[Liturgical Press]] |access-date=2 December 2023 }}</ref>


She lived in [[York]], England. Jones was educated at the [[North London Collegiate School]] and [[Westfield College]], University of London (in Oxford). She worked in WEA and Extra-Mural teaching from 1943 to 1945, and went to work at the [[University of Manchester]] after a career break in 1951. She lectured in Social Administration until 1965, when she became Professor of Social Policy in the University of York, a post which she held until 1987. She travelled widely, to most countries in Europe, to North and Central America, to Russia, to China, to Malaysia, to the Middle East, mainly in the interests of [[mental health]] research.<ref name="Kennedy1996">{{cite journal |title=Kathleen Jones |journal=[[Psychiatric Bulletin]] |last=Kennedy |first=Peter |volume=20 |issue=8 |pages=474-479 |date=August 1996 |doi=10.1192/pb.20.8.474 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/19B7348FDD7C2B35A44B1A46FEA5DBBF/S0955603600075735a.pdf/kathleen_jones.pdf |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> She was the author of some 22 books, and numerous reports, papers and articles.
She lived in [[York]], England. Jones was educated at the [[North London Collegiate School]] and [[Westfield College]], University of London (in Oxford). She worked in WEA and Extra-Mural teaching from 1943 to 1945, and went to work at the [[University of Manchester]] after a career break in 1951. She lectured in Social Administration until 1965, when she became Professor of Social Policy in the University of York, a post which she held until 1987. She travelled widely, to most countries in Europe, to North and Central America, to Russia, to China, to Malaysia, to the Middle East, mainly in the interests of [[mental health]] research.<ref name="Kennedy1996">{{cite journal |title=Kathleen Jones |journal=[[Psychiatric Bulletin]] |last=Kennedy |first=Peter |volume=20 |issue=8 |pages=474-479 |date=August 1996 |doi=10.1192/pb.20.8.474 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/19B7348FDD7C2B35A44B1A46FEA5DBBF/S0955603600075735a.pdf/kathleen_jones.pdf |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref> She was the author of some 22 books, and numerous reports, papers and articles.


==Public service==
==Public service==
Jones held a range of positions in British public life. She was a member of two Archbishop's Commissions, on the Church and State (1965–70) and Marriage (1968–69). From 1968 to 1970 she sat on both the [[Social Science Research Council]]'s Sociology Committee and the Central Training Council in Child Care. From 1971 to 1973 she was a member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.<ref name="Bradshaw2010">{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/oct/25/kathleen-jones-obituary|title=Kathleen Jones obituary|date=2010-10-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Jones held a range of positions in British public life. She was a member of two Archbishop's Commissions, on the Church and State (1965–70) and Marriage (1968–69). From 1968 to 1970 she sat on both the [[Social Science Research Council]]'s Sociology Committee and the Central Training Council in Child Care. From 1971 to 1973 she was a member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.<ref name="Bradshaw2010">{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/oct/25/kathleen-jones-obituary|title=Kathleen Jones obituary|date=2010-10-25|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2020-02-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


From 1974 to 1975 Jones sat on [[Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner|Lord Gardiner]]'s Committee on Terrorism and Human Rights. She was the Chair of the Social Sciences Committee for the UK National Committee for [[UNESCO]] (1966–68) and the [[Social Policy Association]] (1966–69). From 1983 to 1986 she was Regional Chairman of the [[Mental Health Act Commission]].<ref name="Kennedy2011">{{cite journal |title=Kathleen Jones |journal=[[The Psychiatrist (journal)|The Psychiatrist]] |last=Kennedy |first=Peter |volume=35 |issue=2 |page=77 |date=February 2011 |doi=10.1192/pb.bp.110.033720 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-psychiatrist/article/kathleen-jones/C09BF932A346279B55BDF1B7992E8559 |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
From 1974 to 1975 Jones sat on [[Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner|Lord Gardiner]]'s Committee on Terrorism and Human Rights. She was the Chair of the Social Sciences Committee for the UK National Committee for [[UNESCO]] (1966–68) and the [[Social Policy Association]] (1966–69). From 1983 to 1986 she was Regional Chairman of the [[Mental Health Act Commission]].<ref name="Kennedy2011">{{cite journal |title=Kathleen Jones |journal=[[The Psychiatrist (journal)|The Psychiatrist]] |last=Kennedy |first=Peter |volume=35 |issue=2 |page=77 |date=February 2011 |doi=10.1192/pb.bp.110.033720 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-psychiatrist/article/kathleen-jones/C09BF932A346279B55BDF1B7992E8559 |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

In studies following the founding of the [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]], Jones investigated "the reality of life in [[Hostel|hostels]] and other forms of [[residential care]]", arguing that they did not provide improved accommodation to those who needed them.<ref name="Walmsley2006">{{cite book |title=Community Care in Perspective: Care, Control and Citizenship |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave Macmillan UK]] |editor-last1=Walmsley |editor-first1=J |editor-last2=Welshman |editor-first2=J |date=31 October 2006 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Community_Care_in_Perspective/1KoYDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22kathleen+jones%22&pg=PA75&printsec=frontcover |page=75 |isbn=9780230596528 |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==

Revision as of 13:55, 2 December 2023

Kathleen Jones
Born(1922-04-07)April 7, 1922
London
DiedOctober 13, 2010(2010-10-13) (aged 88)
Education
Occupations
  • Professor
  • Author

Kathleen Jones (7 April 1922 – 13 October 2010)[1] was a professor of social policy and Head of Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, 1965–87 and Emeritus Professor after 1987.[2]

She lived in York, England. Jones was educated at the North London Collegiate School and Westfield College, University of London (in Oxford). She worked in WEA and Extra-Mural teaching from 1943 to 1945, and went to work at the University of Manchester after a career break in 1951. She lectured in Social Administration until 1965, when she became Professor of Social Policy in the University of York, a post which she held until 1987. She travelled widely, to most countries in Europe, to North and Central America, to Russia, to China, to Malaysia, to the Middle East, mainly in the interests of mental health research.[3] She was the author of some 22 books, and numerous reports, papers and articles.

Public service

Jones held a range of positions in British public life. She was a member of two Archbishop's Commissions, on the Church and State (1965–70) and Marriage (1968–69). From 1968 to 1970 she sat on both the Social Science Research Council's Sociology Committee and the Central Training Council in Child Care. From 1971 to 1973 she was a member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.[4]

From 1974 to 1975 Jones sat on Lord Gardiner's Committee on Terrorism and Human Rights. She was the Chair of the Social Sciences Committee for the UK National Committee for UNESCO (1966–68) and the Social Policy Association (1966–69). From 1983 to 1986 she was Regional Chairman of the Mental Health Act Commission.[5]

In studies following the founding of the National Health Service, Jones investigated "the reality of life in hostels and other forms of residential care", arguing that they did not provide improved accommodation to those who needed them.[6]

Publications

Books

  • Lunacy, Law and Conscience (1953)[4]
  • Social Welfare in Malaya (1958)
  • Mental Health and Social Policy (1960)
  • Mental Hospitals at Work (with Roy Sidebotham) (1962)
  • The Teaching of Social Studies in British Universities (1965)
  • The Compassionate Society (1965)
  • A History of the Mental Health Services (1972)
  • Opening the Door (with John Brown et al.) (1974)
  • Issues in Social Policy (with John Brown and J. R. Bradshaw) (1978)
  • Ideas on Institutions (with A. J. Fowles) (1984)
  • Eileen Younghusband: a biography (1984)
  • Experience in Mental Health (1988)
  • Asylums and After (1993)
  • Poems of St John of the Cross (1993)
  • Butler’s Lives of the Saints, June volume (1997)
  • Butler’s Lives of the Saints, December volume (1999)
  • Women Saints (1999)
  • Saints of the Anglican Calendar (2000)
  • The Making of Social Policy in Britain (2001)
  • Who Are the Celtic Saints? (2003)
  • Songs of the Isles (2004)
  • Challenging Richard Dawkins (2007)

Other

References

  1. ^ Reisz, Matthew (18 November 2010). "Obituary Kathleen Jones, 1922-2010". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Butler's Lives of the Saints: December". Liturgical Press. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Peter (August 1996). "Kathleen Jones" (PDF). Psychiatric Bulletin. 20 (8): 474–479. doi:10.1192/pb.20.8.474. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b Bradshaw, Jonathan (25 October 2010). "Kathleen Jones obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ^ Kennedy, Peter (February 2011). "Kathleen Jones". The Psychiatrist. 35 (2): 77. doi:10.1192/pb.bp.110.033720. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ^ Walmsley, J; Welshman, J, eds. (31 October 2006). Community Care in Perspective: Care, Control and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 75. ISBN 9780230596528. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

Further reading

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