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Restorative Justice, Lap Dancing and Music Hall

Bad behaviour can be one of the biggest problems in schools, but can restorative justice in schools help resolve the problems underlying misbehaviour?

Presented by Jenni Murray. Bad behaviour can be one of the biggest problems in schools, but can restorative justice help resolve the problems underlying misbehaviour? The number of lap dancing clubs in UK towns and cities has doubled since 2004 to over 300 venues. And increasingly it is becoming an employment option for some women who see it as an alternative to working in low paid, unskilled jobs. How far has lap dancing become more acceptable to a generation of young people? Is it ok for a man to show his emotions in public? Your views. The Silver Belles are a group of mostly retired women who formed a choir and now travel round the north east singing to residents in care homes - many of whom suffer from dementia . They are also teaching the care assistants how to sing. Some of the highest paid entertainers on the Victorian stage were women, though they were famously known as men. Singer, Jessica Walker discusses the lives, on and off the stage, of music hall male impersonators.

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45 minutes

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Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:00

Chapters

  • Lap Dancing

    Jenni is joined by Jennifer Danns, who spent two years working as a lap dancer, and by Dr Kate Hardy from Leeds University, to discuss how far lap dancing has become acceptable as entertainment.

    Duration: 10:46

  • Restorative Justice In The Classroom

    Jenni is joined by Helen Philpotts from Walworth Academy in London, and Lizzie Nelson, Director of the Restorative Justice Council, to discuss how restorative justice can work in schools

    Duration: 11:48

  • Listener Responses To The Item On Men Crying

    We hear some listeners’ responses about our discussion earlier this week on men crying.

    Duration: 02:57

  • The Silver Belles

    Clare Jenkins went to Leazes Hall care home near Gateshead to hear how a group of mostly retired women have formed a choir called The Silver Belles to sing to residents in care homes

    Duration: 07:46

  • The Girl I Left Behind Me

    Some of the highest paid entertainers on the Victorian stage were women, yet they were known as men. Jessica Walker is performing a show celebrating male impersonators and discusses their lives.

    Duration: 09:59

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  • Fri 25 Nov 2011 10:00

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