Child sexual abuse in Victorian England /
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| Author / Creator: | Jackson, Louise A. (Louise Ainsley), 1967- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. |
| Description: | 209 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4239427 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: 'the children of the poor'
- 2. Family, neighbourhood 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'?