Illicit and unnatural practices: the law, sex and society in Scotland since 1900

Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland

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1. Verfasser: Davidson, Roger 1942- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland
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Introduction -- "Venereal trouble" : the case of "Professor" Abraham Eastburn -- "This pernicious delusion" : law, medicine and child sexual abuse -- "Unnatural carnal connection" : bestiality and the law in early-twentieth-century Scotland -- "There's the man who shifts the babies" : abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900-30 -- "An open and notorious house of lewdness" : Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel -- Cure or confinement? : law, medicine and the treatment of homosexual offenders in Scotland, 1950-80 -- "Liable or likely to deprave and corrupt the morals of the lieges" : sex shops and moral panic in late-twentieth-century Scotland -- "Culpable and reckless conduct" : criminalising the transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983-2014 -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 228 Seiten)
ISBN:9781474441216

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