Frictions in Sex Crimes : The Peculiarities of Guilt-attribution Practices, The Hague (1911-1960)
This paper investigates the ways in which notions of femininity and masculinity informed the interpretation of sex as sexual transgressions in the perception of professional agents involved in the prosecutions of sex crimes. The analysis is based on a collection of data on sex crimes retrieved from the district court of The Hague in the Netherlands between 1911 and 1957. Before turning to the practice ...