Title Illicit and unnatural practices : the law, sex and society in scotland since 1900 / Roger Davidson

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. 'Venereal Trouble': The Case of 'Professor' Abraham Eastburn; 3. 'This Pernicious Delusion': Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse; 4. 'Unnatural Carnal Connection': Bestiality and the Law in Early-Twentieth-Century Scotland; 5. 'There's the Man who Shifts the Babies': Abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900−30; 6. 'An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness': Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel; 7. Cure or Confinement?: Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950−80; 8. 'Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges': Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late-Twentieth-Century Scotland; 9. 'Culpable and Reckless Conduct': Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−2014; 10. Conclusion; Sources and Select Bibliography; Index List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations1. Introduction2. 'Venereal Trouble': The Case of 'Professor' Abraham Eastburn3. 'This Pernicious Delusion': Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse4. 'Unnatural Carnal Connection': Bestiality and the Law in Early-Twentieth-Century Scotland5. 'There's the Man who Shifts the Babies': Abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900−306. 'An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness': Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel7. Cure or Confinement?: Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950−808. 'Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges': Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late-Twentieth-Century Scotland9. 'Culpable and Reckless Conduct': Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−201410. ConclusionSources and Select Bibliography; Index Summary Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland Notes Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed Subject Sex crimes -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century Sex crimes -- Social aspects -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain Sex crimes Sex crimes -- Social aspects Scotland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781474441216 1474441211 9781474441223 147444122X 147444119X 9781474441193 9781474459877 1474459870

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