Louise Heren

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Sex and Violence in 1920s Scotland: Incest, Rape, Lewd and Libidinous Practices, 1918-1930Hardcover, 2 November 2023

Sex and Violence in 1920s Scotland: Incest, Rape, Lewd and Libidinous Practices, 1918-1930
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Part of Series
History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment
Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Date Published
2 Nov 2023
ISBN-10
1350227773
ISBN-13
9781350227774

Description

Using case records of prosecutions at the Scottish High Court of Justiciary between 1918 and 1930, this book takes a quantitative and qualitative approach to understand sexual violence in Scotland at this time. Analysing legal records alongside victim and witness testimonies, Louise Heren analyses who committed sexual violence against whom, where and how and, to an extent, looks to uncover the victims' voice.

Assessing how the courts responded, Sex and Violence in 1920s Scotland reveals that, despite pejorative views of working-class female behaviour, the successful conversion of prosecutions to convictions was greater than what is seen in modern sexual assault cases. In a society adjusting to post-conflict stresses, there were fears expressed in middle-class circles that those most affected by the First World War might react with violence. However, the High Court archives suggest otherwise. Cases of incest, rape and sexual assault appears to have been endemic, an opportunistic crime against older victims yet often pre-meditated against the youngest; selfish crimes that suggest toxic masculinity among some working-class men. The book concludes with the ultimate question: why did these men perpetrate sexual violence?

Product Details

Author:
Louise Heren
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
2 November 2023
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 2.54 cm
ISBN-10:
1350227773
ISBN-13:
9781350227774
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
272
Weight:
453.59 gm

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