Robertson, Stephen
Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 / Stephen Robertson. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005. - xii, 337 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in legal history .
Includes bibliographical references p. ([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.
0807829323 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807855960 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Children--History--Legal status, laws, etc.--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Children--History--Legal status, laws, etc.--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
HV6570.3.N7 / .R63 2005
345.747/0253
Crimes against children : sexual violence and legal culture in New York City, 1880-1960 / Stephen Robertson. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005. - xii, 337 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in legal history .
Includes bibliographical references p. ([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.
0807829323 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807855960 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Prosecution--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Children--History--Legal status, laws, etc.--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Children--History--Legal status, laws, etc.--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Child sexual abuse--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
HV6570.3.N7 / .R63 2005
345.747/0253