Historicizing 'historical child sexual abuse' cases: social, political and criminal justice contexts

“历史性儿童性虐待”案件的历史化：社会、政治和刑事司法背景

• 批准号: ES/M009750/1
• 负责人: Louise Jackson
• 金额: $ 13.55万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FM009750%2F1
• 关键词: Historicizing; historical; child; sexual; abuse

The historical sexual abuse of children has become a central focal point of political, social and legal concern. On 7 July 2014 Home Secretary Theresa May announced a public inquiry into how complaints of sexual abuse have been dealt with by public bodies over the last 40 years; the inquiry will produce an interim report by May 2015, with a full report to follow at a later stage. A 10-week investigation has also been launched into allegations relating to Whitehall politicians. These announcements follow the NHS and Department of Health Investigations into Matters Relating to Jimmy Savile (published on 26 June 2014); a second report is due in 2015. The enquiries will hear important evidence from witnesses and examine files associated with the bodies under scrutiny. As yet, however, our knowledge of the broader history of sexual abuse in the twentieth century is extremely partial, with some incidents well charted and others ignored. A full understanding of the wider historical circumstances that have shaped social, legal and political responses to child sexual abuse (or their lack) is urgently needed to provide missing information to contextualise and complement these public inquiries.This research project will carry out rapid deck-based research, using very significant sets of online sources that are already available in digital form, but whose potential for research into the history of child sexual abuse has not been realised. It will cover four significant areas:1. We will construct quantitative profiles of the extent of the reporting and convictions of sexual offences from 1918 to 1990, making use of the published Criminal Justice Statistics for England and Wales.2. We will carry out a qualitative longitudinal study of the role of the national and local newspaper press in reporting cases of child sexual abuse, and in shaping social attitudes towards young people and sexuality in the period 1918-1990. The newspaper press was a crucial arena through which public opinion was shaped and shifting moralities were discussed and debated for much of the twentieth century. Whilst the press cannot be viewed as an unproblematic barometer of opinion, it provides historians with an important lens through which to access a range of viewpoints and to chart dominant tropes and narratives. A survey of the newspaper press also enables us to access reports of the decisions that were made in the court-room and thus to further explain the trends for reporting and conviction that analysis of the criminal justice statistics reveal.3. We will examine the shifting viewpoints of key professional groups, including social workers and lawyers, by undertaking a survey of publications associated with these occupational groups. 4. We will begin a mapping of organisations, bodies and associations who have commented on and campaigned around issues relating to children and sexuality across the broad period 1918-1990. This initial mapping will involve research into the availability of archival and manuscripts sources (including those held in the National Archives and local repositories) and will form the basis of a further funding application.Our time-table is designed to coincide with the undertaking of the public enquiries and the preparation of the further report relating to the NHS and Department of Health Investigations. We will run seminars/workshops for civil servants, lawyers and other professionals involved in these investigations, and make our findings available in a free and easily accessible format as briefings on the History & Policy website. Thus our project will provide essential knowledge to shape discussion, debate, and inform the final public inquiry reports.

历史上对儿童的性虐待已成为政治、社会和法律的关注的焦点。2014年7月7日，英国内政大臣特蕾莎·梅（Theresa May）宣布将对过去40年来公共机构如何处理性虐待投诉进行公开调查;调查将在2015年5月前提交一份中期报告，并在稍后阶段提交一份完整报告。对白厅政客的指控也展开了为期10周的调查。这些公告是在NHS和卫生部对与吉米·萨维尔有关的事项进行调查（2014年6月26日公布）之后发布的;第二份报告将于2015年发布。调查将听取证人的重要证据，并审查与受审查机构有关的档案。然而，到目前为止，我们对20世纪性虐待更广泛历史的了解是极其片面的，有些事件被很好地记录下来，而另一些则被忽视。充分了解塑造对儿童性虐待的社会、法律的和政治反应的更广泛的历史环境（或缺乏），迫切需要提供缺失的信息，以适应和补充这些公众查询。该研究项目将利用已经以数字形式提供的非常重要的在线资源集，但其研究儿童性虐待历史的潜力尚未实现。它将涵盖四个重要领域：1。我们将利用已出版的英格兰和威尔士刑事司法统计数据，构建1918年至1990年性犯罪报告和定罪程度的定量概况。我们将进行定性纵向研究的作用，国家和地方报纸在报告儿童性虐待的案件，并在塑造社会对青年人和性的态度在1918年至1990年期间。在20世纪的大部分时间里，报纸是塑造公众舆论、讨论和辩论道德变迁的重要竞技场。虽然新闻界不能被视为毫无问题的舆论晴雨表，但它为历史学家提供了一个重要的透镜，通过它可以获得一系列观点，并绘制出占主导地位的比喻和叙述。对报纸的调查也使我们能够了解法庭上所作决定的报道，从而进一步解释刑事司法统计数据分析所揭示的报道和定罪趋势。我们将通过对与这些职业群体有关的出版物进行调查，研究包括社会工作者和律师在内的主要专业群体的观点转变。4.我们将开始对1918年至1990年这一广泛时期就儿童和性问题发表评论和开展活动的组织、机构和协会进行摸底。初步调查将涉及对档案和手稿来源（包括国家档案馆和地方档案馆保存的档案和手稿）的可用性进行研究，并将成为进一步申请资助的基础，我们的时间表旨在与公众查询的进行和与NHS和卫生部调查有关的进一步报告的编写相一致。我们将为参与这些调查的公务员、律师和其他专业人士举办研讨会/讲习班，并以免费和易于访问的形式在历史与政策网站上发布我们的调查结果。因此，我们的项目将提供必要的知识来塑造讨论，辩论，并为最终的公共调查报告提供信息。

项目成果

Child sexual abuse in England and Wales: prosecution and prevalence 1918-1970

英格兰和威尔士的儿童性虐待：1918 年至 1970 年的起诉和普遍程度

• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: History & Policy
• 作者: Jackson, L.

Scandals and silences: the British press and child sexual abuse

丑闻与沉默：英国媒体与儿童性虐待

• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: History & Policy
• 作者: Bingham, A.

Historical child sexual abuse in England and Wales: the role of historians

英格兰和威尔士历史上的儿童性虐待：历史学家的作用

• DOI: 10.1080/0046760x.2016.1177122
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: History of Education
• 影响因子: 0.5
• 作者: Bingham A

Child welfare, child protection and sexual abuse, 1918-1990

儿童福利、儿童保护和性虐待，1918-1990 年

• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: History & Policy
• 作者: Delap, L.

'It Would be Better for the Newspapers to Call a Spade a Spade': the British Press and Child Sexual Abuse, c. 1918-90

“报纸最好实话实说”：英国媒体和儿童性虐待，c。

• DOI: 10.1093/hwj/dbz006
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: History Workshop Journal
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Bingham A