Book Review
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
To research the subject of sexual violence in New York City, Robertson draws on a large sample of case files from the Court of General Sessions in 1886 and 1891, and from the District Attorney's Office from 1886 to 1955. He uses his findings to ground his claim that twentieth-century Americans increasingly viewed sexuality through the prism of age, which involved seeing pedophiles as developmentally immature. In the process, Robertson builds on the important work of such scholars as Chudacoff, who argue that "age" is a significant category that should guide "the analysis of American history."
Publication Citation
38 J. Interdisc. Hist. 151 (2007) (reviewing Stephen Robertson, Crimes Against Children: Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960 (2005)).
Recommended Citation
Tanenhaus, David S., "Book Review" (2007). Scholarly Works. 604.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/604