Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England
Age, Crime and Consent in the Courts
Erschienen am 26. Januar 2016
IX, 202 Seiten
978-1-137-44172-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity, a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent, enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light.
Weitere Details
Reihe
Auflage
1st ed. 2016
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Reflowable
Illustrationen
IX, 202 p.
Dateigröße
1,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-44172-0 (9781137441720)
DOI
10.1057/9781137441720
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Victoria Bates is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bristol, UK. She has a particular research interest in the social and cultural history of medicine in modern Britain, including medico-legal history and medical humanities.
Inhalt
Introduction: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Forensics
1. Knowledge: The Foundations of Forensics
2. Injury: Signs and the Sexual Body
3. Innocence: Chastity and Character
4. Consent: Violence and the Vibrating Scabbard
5. Emotions: Medicine and the Mind
6. Offenders: Lust and Labels
Conclusions: Medicine, Morality and the Law
