“These are cases which it is inadvisable to drag into the light of day” : Disinterring the Crime of Incest in Early Twentieth-Century England
Proposals to criminalize incest in England and Wales, which was formalised in several the Incest Bills from 1899 to 1907, met considerable resistance from the Lord Chancellor who thought the subject too repulsive for public debate. Concerned that the issue would be greatly magnified if such crimes w...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2017
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