1st Edition

Fear, Punishment Anxiety and the Wolfenden Report

By Charles Berg Copyright 1959
126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1959, the blurb read: ‘Dr Berg has made a comprehensive survey of the Wolfenden Report in regard to homosexuality and illustrated his comments with extracts from case material. He points out that whereas public opinion has so far lagged behind the Committee’s main recommendation, scientifically far from being an advance the report may be considered lamentably reactionary.... Read more

Acknowledgments.  1. The Wolfenden Report on Homosexual Offences  2. The Psychology of Punishment  3. The Fundamental Nature of Anxiety  4. Fear – Normal and Abnormal  5. A Note on the Author by Dr Clifford Allen.  Glossary.  Index.

Biography

Charles Berg (1892-1957)

For the original publication:

‘Useful but disturbing reading for any legislator, schoolmaster, criminologist, parent or policeman.’ – British Book News