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Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences. Its focus on sexual maturity, a more flexible concept than the legal age of consent, enables histories of sexual crime to be seen in a new light.
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Victoria Bates is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bristol, UK. She has a particular research interest in the social and cultural history of medicine in modern Britain, including medico-legal history and medical humanities.
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Book Title: Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England
Book Subtitle: Age, Crime and Consent in the Courts
Authors: Victoria Bates
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137441720
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44170-6Published: 29 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44172-0Published: 26 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 202
Topics: Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Science, Modern History, Forensic Science