220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England is the first detailed investigation of the way that child abuse was discovered, debated, diagnosed and dealt with in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The focus is placed on the child and his or her experience of court procedure and welfare practice, thereby providing a unique and important evaluation of the treatment of children in the courtroom.... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 2 Family, neighbourhood and police, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 3 The child savers, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 4 Signs on the body, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 5 ‘Witnesses of truth’?, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 6 Masculinity, ‘respectability’ and the child abuser, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 7 Specialist homes for ‘fallen’ girls, Louise A. Jackson; Chapter 8 Conclusion, Louise A. Jackson;
Biography
Louise A. Jackson is a lecturer in history at Leeds Metropolitan University.
