Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960

Robertson, Stephen (Stephen Murray) (author.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807855966
ISBN: 9780807829325
ISBN: 0807855960
ISBN: 0807829323
ISBN: 9780807876480
ISBN: 9780807829325
ISBN: 0807876488
ISBN: 0807829323
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 337 pages).
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Copyright: �2005

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:august.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references pages (309-326) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record; online resource viewed September 9, 2016.