Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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Types: Sexual Assault:
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

[Site] A m e r i c an   H i s t o r y

[Site] Argentine History

[Info] Ogden, Julia. Innocent Children and Passive Pederasts: Sodomy, Age of Consent, and the Legal and Juridical Vulnerability of Boys in Buenos Aires, 1853 1912. Law and History Review 37 (2019): 237-274.


[Site] Brazilian History

[Info] Busson, Shayana. Debate sobre mudan as na considera o da inf ncia e adolesc ncia: hist ria, direito e sexualidade. mbito Jur dico 15 (2012).

[Info] Fleck, Eliane C.D., et al. Da agress o assist ncia, da infra o corre o: Menoridade e viol ncia urbana (Porto Alegre, 1890 1920). Sociedade e Estado 20 (2005): 163-194.


[Site] Chilean History

[Info] Celis Valderrama, Nicol s. Ahora veremos lo que tiene esta ni ita : El cuerpo como prueba de las violencias sexuales en el valle central de Chile, 1780-1830. Revista Historia y Justicia No. 11 (2018): 191-225.

[Info] Gonz lez, Carolina. Entre "sodomitas" y "hombres dignos, trabajadores y honrados": Masculinidades y sexualidades en causas criminales por sodom a (Chile a fines del siglo XIX). Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2004.

[Info] Valenzuela C ceres, Marcelo E. La sodom a en Chile (1875-1928): Una perspectiva desde la criminalidad y la ciencia. Tesis doctoral, Universitat Aut noma de Barcelona, 2019.

[Info] Valenzuela C ceres, Marcelo E. La sodom a en el derecho penal chileno del siglo XIX. Revista de Estudios Hist rico-Jur dicos No. 42 (2020): 635-657.


[Site] Costa Rican History

[Info] Rodr guez S enz, Eugenia. V ctimas inocentes/amenazas corruptoras: Ni ez invenci n del crimen juvenil y abuso sexual en Costa Rica (1800-1850 y 1900-1950). Antolog a del pensamiento cr tico costarricense contempor neo. Edited by Montserrat Sagto et al. Buenos Aires 2019: 299-332.


[Site] Guatemalan History

[Info] Saffa, Sarah N. She Was What They Call a Pepe : Kinship Practice and Incest Codes in Late Colonial Guatemala. Journal of Family History (December 19, 2018).


[Site] Mexican History

[Info] Dzul S nchez, Jos M. Abuso sexual infantil y medicina legal en el mbito judicial de Yucat n 1875-1925. Temas Antropol gicos 35 (2012-13): 109-140.

[Info] Trujillo Bret n, Jorge A. Los excesos del deseo. Incontinencia y violencia sexual contra ni os y j venes en Jalisco, 1885-1911. Relaciones 32 (2011): 153-194.


[Site] U.S. History

Cases: Real Offenders: James Norcom; Real Victims: Betty Gordon, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Eunice Thompson; Representations: Press: Milwaukee Daily Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel; Types: Child Prostitution

[Info] Ashby, LeRoy. Endangered Children: Dependency, Neglect, and Abuse in American History. New York 1997.

[Info] Baker, Bruce E. Lynch Law Reversed: The Lynching of Manse Waldrop. Lynching and Racial Violence in America: Histories and Legacies. Atlanta 2002.

[Info] Baker, Bruce E. This Mob Will Surely Take My Life: Lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947. London 2008.

[Info] Bardaglio, Peter W. Children, Sexual Violence, and the Law in the New South. 1995 Porter L. Fortune, Jr. History Symposium. Oxford 1995.

[Info] Bardaglio, Peter W. White Girlhood, Rape, and the Courts in the Postbellum South. History of Childhood in America Conference. Washington, D.C. 2000.

[Info] Brown, Irene Q., et al. Family Violence and Community Justice in New England: The Case of Ephraim Wheeler, 1805-1806. 57th Annual Meeting of the New England Historical Association. Bristol 1996.

[Info] Brown, Irene Q., et al. Family Violence and Community Justice in New England: The Case of Ephraim Wheeler, 1805-1806. New England Seminar in American History. Worcester 1997.

[Info] Brown, Irene Q., et al. The Trial of Ephraim Wheeler. Early American History Seminar. Boston 1999.

[Info] Cassisa, Susanna L. Groomer Rumor: The Trope of the Queer Child Predator in German and American Popular Media (1869-2024). M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2024.

[Info] Collings, Steven J. See No Evil, Hear No Evil: The Rise and Fall of Child Sexual Abuse in the 20th Century. Psychology in Society No. 38 (2009): 61-73.

[Info] Gordon, Linda, et al. Incest as a Form of Family Violence: Evidence from Historical Case Records. Journal of Marriage and the Family 46 (1984): 27-34.

[Info] Gordon, Linda. Incest and Rsistance: Patterns of Father-Daughter Incest, 1880-1930. Social Problems 33 (1986): 253-267.

[Info] Greenlee-Donnell, Cynthia R. 'Due to her tender age': African-American responses to girl rape in late nineteenth-century South Carolina. 97th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. Pittsburgh 2012.

[Info] Greenlee-Donnell, Cynthia. "A White Man Has Got Hattie": Black Families, Child Rape, and Law in South Carolina, 1885-1905. 104th Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians. Milwaukee 2012.

[Info] Michals, Debra, chair. »Silencing and Erasure in North America: Comparative Histories of Violence against Women and Children, 19th–21st Century.« 117th OAH Conference on American History. New Orleans 2024.

[Info] Odem, Mary E. Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920. Chapel Hill 1995.

[Info] Olafson, Erna, et al. Modern History of Child Sexual Abuse Awareness: Cycles of Discovery and Suppression. Child Abuse & Neglect 17 (1993): 7-24.


[Site] A s i a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] Chinese History

[Info] Sommer, Matthew H. Dangerous Males, Vulnerable Males, and Polluted Males: The Regulation of Masculinity in Qing Dynasty Law. Chinese Femininities/Chinese Maculinities: A Reader. Edited by Susan Brownell et al. Berkeley 2002: 67-88.


[Site] Indian History

[Info] Shenoy, Niyati. »The Rajah, the Rapist, and the Resident: Border-Wars in 19th-Century Bharatpur.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Seattle 2024.


[Site] E u r o p e a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] General

[Info] Ahbel-Rappe, Karin. "I no Longer Believe": Did Freud Abandon the Seduction Theory? Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 54 (2006): 171-199.

[Info] Arveiller, Jacques. P dophilie et psychiatrie. R peres historiques. volution psychiatrique 63 (1998): 11-34.

[Info] Brown, Paul, et al. Memories of Sexual Abuse: Janet's Critique of Freud, A Balanced Approach. Psychological Reports 82 (1998): 1027-1043.

[Info] Busson, Shayana. Debate sobre mudan as na considera o da inf ncia e adolesc ncia: hist ria, direito e sexualidade. mbito Jur dico 15 (2012).

[Info] Collings, Steven J. See No Evil, Hear No Evil: The Rise and Fall of Child Sexual Abuse in the 20th Century. Psychology in Society No. 38 (2009): 61-73.

[Info] Forrester, John. Rape, Seduction and Psychoanalysis. Rape: An Historical and Social Enquiry. Edited by Sylvana Tomaselli et al. Oxford 1986: 57-83.

[Info] Isra ls, Han, et al. The seduction theory. History of Psychiatry 4 (1993): 23-59.

[Info] Izenberg, Gerald N. Seduced and abandoned: The rise and fall of Freud's seduction theory. The Cambridge Companion to Freud. Edited by Jerome Neu. Cambridge 1991: 25-43.

[Info] Olafson, Erna, et al. Modern History of Child Sexual Abuse Awareness: Cycles of Discovery and Suppression. Child Abuse & Neglect 17 (1993): 7-24.

[Info] Triplett, Hall. The Misnomer of Freud's "Seduction Theory". Journal of the History of Ideas 65 (2004): 647-665.


[Site] Austrian History

[Info] Kirchknopf, Johann K. Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder im sterreichischen Strafrecht des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts: Ein Delikt und Strukturmerkmal zugleich. sterreichische Zeitschrift f r Geschichtswissenschaften 28 (2017): 106-132.

[Info] Wanner, Gerhard. Zur Sozialgeschichte von Kindheit, Jugend und Familie im Spiegel der Vorarlberger Presse (1861-1914). Kindheit, Jugend und Familie in Vorarlberg 1861 bis 1938. By Gerhard Wanner et al. Feldkirch 2012: 9-244.

[Info] Zumpfe, Barbara. "... gleich dem Wurme, der sich an die junge Frucht ansetzt und sie unfehlbar zerst rt.". Wahrnehmung sexueller Gewalt an Kindern in juristischen und medizinischen Diskursen der 2. H lfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Diplomarbeit, Universit t Wien, 2000.


[Site] English History

Cases: Fictional Victims: Oliver Twist; Real Offenders: James Bamford, Charles Brown; Real Victims: Lillie Garrett, Mary Gradgrind, Virginia Woolf; Representations: Literary Texts: Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Anthony Horowitz; Types: Child Prostitution

[Info] Adams, Jad. Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent. London 2000.

[Info] Bates, Victoria. The legacy of 1885: Girls and the age of sexual consent. History and Policy: Policy Papers (September 8, 2015).

[Info] Bates, Victoria. Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England: Age, Crime and Consent in the Courts. Basingstoke 2016.

[Info] Degli Esposti, Michelle, et al. Long-term trends in child maltreatment in England and Wales, 1858-2016: An observational, time-series analysis. The Lancet Public Health 4 (2019): e148-158.

[Info] Hooper, Carol-Ann. Child sexual abuse and the regulation of women: Variations on a theme. Regulating Womanhood: Historical Essays on Marriage, Motherhood and Sexuality. Edited by Carol Smart. London 1992: 53-77.

[Info] Jackson, Louise A. Child Sexual Abuse and the Law. London, 1870-1914. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Surrey, 1997.

[Info] Jackson, Louise. The child's word in court: cases of sexual abuse in London, 1870-1914. Gender and Crime in Modern Europe. Edited by Margaret L. Arnot et al. London 1999: 222-237.

[Info] Jackson, Louise A. Family, community and the regulation of child sexual abuse. childhood in question: children, parents and the state. Edited by Anthony Fletcher et al. Manchester 1999: 133-151.

[Info] Jackson, Louise A. Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England. London 2000.

[Info] Waites, Matthew. The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship. Houndmills 2005.

[Info] Williams, Lucia C.A. Virginia Woolf's History of Sexual Victimization: A Case Study in Light of Current Research. Psychology 5 (2014): 1151-1164.


[Site] French History

Cases: Fictional Offenders: Renardet; Fictional Victims: Louise Roque; Real Offenders: mile de La Ronci re, Fr re Flamidien, Charles Jouy; Real Victims: Sophie Adam, Gaston Foveaux, Marie Morell; Representations: Literary Texts: Guy de Maupassant (La petite Roque)

[Info] Ambroise-Rendu, Anne-Claude. Un si cle de p dophilie dans la presse (1880-2000): accusation, plaidoirie, condamnation. Temps des M dias No. 1 (2003): 31-41.

[Info] Ambroise-Rendu, Anne-Claude. Quand la p dophilie devient un scandale. Les Collections de L'Histoire No. 32 (2006): 74-78.

[Info] Ambroise-Rendu, Anne-Claude. Histoire de la p dophilie, XIX e- XXI e si cle. Paris 2014.

[Info] Ambroise-Rendu, Anne-Claude. Die rzte und der sexuelle Missbrauch von Kindern: Aspekte einer Kulturgeschichte der Medizin des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. sterreichische Zeitschrift f r Geschichtswissenschaften 28 (2017): 157-182.

[Info] Baartman, H.E.M. Compassion and Skepticism in Child Sexual Abuse: Some Historical Aspects and Explanations. International Review of Victimology 5 (1997): 189-202.

[Info] Baratay, ric. Affaire de m urs, conflits de pouvoir et anticl ricalisme: La fin de la congr gation des fr res de Saint-Joseph en 1888. Revue d histoire de l glise de France 84 (1998): 299-322.

[Info] Cage, Claire. The Science of Child Sexual Abuse in Nineteenth-Century France. Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society. Toronto 2017.

[Info] Cage, E. Claire. Child Sexual Abuse and Medical Expertise in Nineteenth-Century France. French Historical Studies 42 (2019): 391-421.

[Info] Fuchs, Rachel G. Child Abuse in Nineteenth-Century France. Southeast Conference on Nineteenth-Century Studies. 1983.

[Info] Zigante, Franck. volution historique de la reconnaissance des abus sexuels des enfants. Carnet Psy No. 28 (1997): 11-15.


[Site] German History

Cases: Real Offenders: Heyum Windmühl, Real Victims: Eleonore Fester; Representations: Art: Hans von Mar es

[Info] Cassisa, Susanna L. Groomer Rumor: The Trope of the Queer Child Predator in German and American Popular Media (1869-2024). M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2024.

[Info] Schiewer, Gesine L. ber Gewalt sprechen: Darstellungsperspektiven sexuellen Missbrauchs in Literatur und Justiz. Internationales Archiv f r Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur 32 (2007): 153-168.

[Info] van Haute, Philippe. Waarom Kant de pedofilie niet kent: Een foucaultiaanse hypothese. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 57 (2017): 126-135.


[Site] Irish History

[Info] O Sullivan, Eoin. "this otherwise delicate subject": Child Sex Abuse in early Twentieth-Century Ireland. Criminal Justice in Ireland. Edited by Paul O Mahony. Dublin 2002: 176-201.


[Site] Italian History

Cases: Real Victims: Ermenegilda Penzo, Giovanna Penzo

[Info] Guarnieri, Patrizia. »L'incesto scandaloso: Legge e mentalità nell'Italia unita.« Passato e Presente No. 58 (2003): 45-68.


[Site] Russian History

[Info] Collins, Kristin. The Making of Rape Culture: Sexual Violence in the Nineteenth-century Caucasus. 29th Annual Conference of the World History Association. Salt Lake City 2020.

[Info] Oberl nder, Alexandra. Unerh rte Subjekte: Die Wahrnehmung sexueller Gewalt in Russland 1880-1910. Frankfurt/Main 2013.


[Site] Scottish History

[Info] Bischof, Christopher. »A ‘Heinous Offence’: Rural Schoolmasters and Sexual Assault in Victorian Scotland.« The Scottish Historical Review (June 2024).


[Site] Spanish History

Cases: Real Victims: Pedro Bravo

[Info] O Connor, D.J. Crime at El Escorial: The 1892 Child Murder, the Press, and the Jury. San Francisco 1995.

[Info] Walker, D.J. Crime at El Escorial: The 1892 Child Murder, the Press, and the Jury. Lanham 2014.


[Site] Swedish History

[Info] Bergenheim, sa. vergrepp, nskningar eller fantasier: Id historiskar reflexioner kring synen p sexuella vergrepp mot barn. Kritisk psykologi (1994).

[Info] Bergenheim, sa. vergrepp, nskningar eller fantasier: Synen p incest och sexuella vergrepp mot barn ur ett id historiskt perspektiv. Id historia i norr: Rapport fr n en konferens 1996 med id historiker fr n Ule borg och Ume . Edited by Bosse Sundin. Ume 1998.

[Info] Bergenheim, sa. Crime, Victim and Perpetrator: The Attitude to Sexual Assault Against Children,1850-1910. Sex, State and Society: Comparative Perspectives on the History of Sexuality. Edited by Lars-G ran Tedebrand. S dert lje 2000: 353-374.

[Info] Clementsson, Bonnie. F rbjudna f rbindelser: F rest llningar kring incest och incestf rbud i Sverige 1680 1940. Malm 2016.

[Info] Clementsson, Bonnie. Incest in Sweden, 1680-1940: A history of forbidden relations. Lund 2020.


[Site] Welsh History

[Info] Degli Esposti, Michelle, et al. Long-term trends in child maltreatment in England and Wales, 1858-2016: An observational, time-series analysis. The Lancet Public Health 4 (2019): e148-158.


[Site] O c e a n i a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] Australian History

Cases: Real Offenders: Alexander Medcalf, Peter (Mun-gett), Charles Wilkinson; Real Victims: Isabella Garland, Amelia Smith

[Info] Angelides, Steven. The Emergence of the Paedophile in the Late Twentieth Century. Australian Historical Studies 36 (2005): 272-295.

[Info] Boxall, Hayley, et al. Historical review of sexual offence and child sexual abuse legislation in Australia: 1788-2013. Canberra 2014.

[Info] Smaal, Yorick. Historical Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse, Part 1. History Compass 11 (2013): 702-714.

[Info] Smaal, Yorick. Historical Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse, Part 2. History Compass 11 (2013): 715-726.

[Info] Smaal, Yorick. Keeping it in the family: Prosecuting incest in colonial Queensland. Journal of Australian Studies 37 (2013): 316-332.

[Info] Smaal, Yorick. Boys and Homosex: Danger and Possibility in Queensland, 1890 1914. Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World. Edited by Shirleene Robinson et al. Houndmills 2016: 221-236.

[Info] Swain, Shurlee. History of Australian inquiries reviewing institutions providing care for children. Sydney 2014.

[Info] Swain, Shurlee. History of child protection legislation. Sydney 2014.

[Info] Tyler, Deborah. The case of Irene Tuckerman. Understanding sexual violence and the protection of women and girls, Victoria 1890-1925. History of education review 15 (1986): 52-67.


[Site] New Zealand History

Cases: Real Offenders: Arthur Baker, John Griggs; Real Victims: Beatrice A., Mary Schroder