Title Child sexual abuse in Victorian England / Louise A. Jackson

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction : the children of the poor -- Family, neighbourhood and police -- The child savers -- Signs on the body : the medical profession -- 'Witnesses of truth?' : Children in the courtroom -- Masculinity, 'respectability' and the child abuser -- Specialist homes for 'fallen' girls -- Conclusion : from 'corruption' to 'neurosis'? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index Notes Print version record Subject Child sexual abuse -- England -- History -- 19th century. Sexually abused children -- England -- History -- 19th century. Child Abuse, Sexual -- history. England. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book LC no. 00266537 ISBN 0203007433 (electronic bk.) 0203169840 (electronic bk.) 1134736649 (electronic bk.) 9780203007433 (electronic bk.) 9780203169841 (electronic bk.) 9781134736645 (electronic bk.) (paperback) (paperback)

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