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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778856703321

Autore

Jackson Louise A (Louise Ainsley), <1967-, >

Titolo

Child sexual abuse in Victorian England / / Louise A. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-73664-9

1-134-73665-7

1-280-33511-4

0-203-00743-3

0-203-16984-0

Descrizione fisica

ix, 209 p. : ill

Collana

Women's and gender history

Disciplina

362.760941

Soggetti

Child sexual abuse - England - History - 19th century

Sexually abused children - England - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : 'the children of the poor' -- 2. Family, neighborhood and police -- 3. The child savers -- 4. Signs on the body : the medical profession -- 5. 'Witnesses of truth?' Children in the courtroom -- 6. Masculinity, 'respectability' and the child abuser -- 7. Specialist homes for 'fallen' girls -- 8. Conclusion : from 'corruption' to 'neurosis'?