Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England Age, Crime and Consent in the Courts /

• Main Author: Bates, Victoria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History
• Subjects: History.; History, Modern.; Great Britain > History.; Social history.; Forensic science.; Social History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Science.; Modern History.; Forensic Science.

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 ne...