Knowledge of Evil: Child Prostitution and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9781903240632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Alyson Brown; David Barratt

Opis

This work looks at child prostitution in 20th-century England, tracing the roots of a contemporary problem which has been the subject of increased publicity and concern. It uncovers a mass of new evidence to indicate the extent of the phenomenon from the late 19th century to the present day, arguing that child prostitution is a significant aspect of child abuse, and one of the clearest ways in which deviant groups can be conceived of as both victims and threats.

Spis treści

Foreword 1. Introduction - concepts and contexts 2. Debating nineteenth-century child prostitution 3. Edwardian England and the ideal family 4. War and the 1920s 5. Prostitution, child abuse and feminism during the 1920s and 1930s 6. Reconstruction and a new society 7. The rediscovery of child prostitution during the 1960s and 1970s 8. Child prostitution during the 1980s and 1990s