Crimes against children: sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robertson, Stephen, (Stephen Murray) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2005
Series:Studies in legal history
Subjects:
Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references pages (309-326) and index
Introduction -- To rescue the developing child -- The act of violence on a child of tender years -- The crime against nature -- To throw absolute protection around females of less than sixteen years of age -- Making right a girl's ruin -- Making adolescents -- Crimes against children -- Child molestation -- Sex play -- Separating the men from the boys -- Conclusion
Stephen Robertson provides a study of how American criminal courts dealt with the prosecution of sexual violence against children. His study, based on the previously unexamined files of the New York County district attorney's office, reveals the importance of child sexuality and sex crimes in twentieth-century American culture
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 337 pages)
ISBN:0807829323
0807855960
0807876488
9780807829325
9780807855966
9780807876480

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text