Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 /
Robertson, Stephen
Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 / Sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 Stephen Robertson. - 1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) - Studies in legal history . - Studies in legal history. .
Includes bibliographical references pages (309-326) and index.
Introduction -- To rescue the developing child -- The act of violence on a child of tender years -- The crime against nature -- To throw absolute protection around females of less than sixteen years of age -- Making right a girl's ruin -- Making adolescents -- Crimes against children -- Child molestation -- Sex play -- Separating the men from the boys -- Conclusion.
"This book explores sex crimes against children from their rise to prominence in the 1850s until 1960, by which time legal officials, jurors, and witnesses no longer showed a particular concern with child victims. It is first and foremost a book about the prosecution of sex crime in New York City, providing the first large-scale longitudinal study of how a twentieth-century American criminal court, and American society in general, dealt with and understood cases of sexual violence. As many, if not more, sexual assaults than the ones I have researched were never reported, let alone prosecuted in the courts. This book, however, focuses on the reported cases around which American attitudes toward sexual violence took shape"--Introduction, page 2. Stephen Robertson provides a study of how American criminal courts dealt with the prosecution of sexual violence against children. His 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.
English.
0807876488 (electronic bk.) 9780807876480 (electronic bk.) 0807829323 9780807829325 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780807829325
00027332
2004019073
1800-1999
Child sexual abuse--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Sex crimes--Attitudes.--United States
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Enfants--Droit--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Enfants--Droit--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Poursuites judiciaires--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Poursuites judiciaires--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Crimes sexuels--Attitudes.--États-Unis
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Prosecution.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Kindesmisshandlung
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
New York
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
KFN6121.5 / .R63 2005 HV6570.3.N7 / R63 2005eb
345.747/0253
Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 / Sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 Stephen Robertson. - 1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) - Studies in legal history . - Studies in legal history. .
Includes bibliographical references pages (309-326) and index.
Introduction -- To rescue the developing child -- The act of violence on a child of tender years -- The crime against nature -- To throw absolute protection around females of less than sixteen years of age -- Making right a girl's ruin -- Making adolescents -- Crimes against children -- Child molestation -- Sex play -- Separating the men from the boys -- Conclusion.
"This book explores sex crimes against children from their rise to prominence in the 1850s until 1960, by which time legal officials, jurors, and witnesses no longer showed a particular concern with child victims. It is first and foremost a book about the prosecution of sex crime in New York City, providing the first large-scale longitudinal study of how a twentieth-century American criminal court, and American society in general, dealt with and understood cases of sexual violence. As many, if not more, sexual assaults than the ones I have researched were never reported, let alone prosecuted in the courts. This book, however, focuses on the reported cases around which American attitudes toward sexual violence took shape"--Introduction, page 2. Stephen Robertson provides a study of how American criminal courts dealt with the prosecution of sexual violence against children. His 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.
English.
0807876488 (electronic bk.) 9780807876480 (electronic bk.) 0807829323 9780807829325 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780807829325
00027332
2004019073
1800-1999
Child sexual abuse--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Sex crimes--Attitudes.--United States
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Enfants--Droit--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Enfants--Droit--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Poursuites judiciaires--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--19e siècle.
Poursuites judiciaires--Histoire--New York (État)--New York--20e siècle.
Crimes sexuels--Attitudes.--États-Unis
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Prosecution.
Sexually abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Kindesmisshandlung
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
New York
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
KFN6121.5 / .R63 2005 HV6570.3.N7 / R63 2005eb
345.747/0253