Crimes against Children: Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960

Author:   Stephen Robertson
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780807829325


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 April 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Crimes against Children: Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960


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Robertson's study, based on the previously unexamined files of the New York County district attorney's office, reveals the importance of child sexuality and sex crimes in twentieth-century American culture.

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Author:   Stephen Robertson
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780807829325


ISBN 10:   0807829323
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 April 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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A landmark contribution to analyses of sexual violence and its prosecution in U.S. history. <br> -- Journal of the History of Sexuality


A landmark contribution to analyses of sexual violence and its prosecution in U.S. history. -- Journal of the History of Sexuality Fascinating and disturbing in its particulars, full of careful and illuminating readings of sources. -- Law and History Review


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Stephen Robertson is a lecturer in the department of history at the University of Sydney.

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