Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England - Age, Crime and Consent in the Courts

Informationen zum Autor Victoria Bates is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bristol, UK. She has a particular research interest in the social and cultural history of medicine in modern Britain, including medico-legal history and medical humanities. Klappentext Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity, a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent, enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light. Zusammenfassung Drawing on court records from London and the South West! Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity! a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent! enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Forensics 1. Knowledge: The Foundations of Forensics 2. Injury: Signs and the Sexual Body 3. Innocence: Chastity and Character 4. Consent: Violence and the Vibrating Scabbard 5. Emotions: Medicine and the Mind 6. Offenders: Lust and Labels Conclusions: Medicine, Morality and the Law

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Bates
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137441706
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44170-6
• No. of pages: 211
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His; Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; B, History, European History, Social History, History of Science, Forensic Science, Western Europe, Biomedical and Life Sciences, History, Modern, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History