Illicit and Unnatural Practices : : The Law, Sex and Society in Scotland since 1900 / / Roger Davidson.
How did the Scottish legal system respond to what were deemed ‘illicit and unnatural practices’ after 1900?Offers a new perspective on the relationship between the law and society in modern Scotland Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of sexual practices and attitudes in modern Sco...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 7 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ‘Venereal Trouble’: The Case of ‘Professor’ Abraham Eastburn
- 3 ‘This Pernicious Delusion’: Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse
- 4 ‘Unnatural Carnal Connection’: Bestiality and the Law in Early Twentieth-century Scotland
- 5 ‘There’s the Man who Shifts the Babies’: Abortion in the Scottish High Court 1900−30
- 6 ‘An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness’: Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel
- 7 ‘Cure or Confinement’? Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950–80
- 8 ‘Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges’: Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late Twentieth-century Scotland
- 9 ‘Culpable and Reckless Conduct’: Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−2014
- 10 Conclusion
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index