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Prostitution and Female Crime, 1949-1956

 File — Box: JS3
Identifier: Coll-1966/1/2/4

Scope and Contents

Papers mainly dating from Dr Spencer's time at the London School of Economics.

Consists of: Newspaper cuttings. Reports by Mrs Wilkinson to the Committee on Research on Prostitution of which Dr Spencer was a member, with annotations by Dr Curtis and Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bather, New Scotland Yard. Programme and notes relating to the ISTD Conference "The Adolescent Delinquent", 1956. "Intelligence of Neglectful Mothers" by Mary Sheridan, The Magistrate, April 1956. "Psychopathology of Prostitution" by E Glover [typescript] "Physique and Temperament of Women Delinquency compared with Women Undergraduates", Phyllis Epps and R W Parnell, British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1952. "The relation between State Regulation of Prostitution and the Traffic in Women and Children", Lord Balfour, 1944. "The Tragendy of Micheline Pierre". The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene: Evidence for the Departmental Committee of Enquiry, 1955. Lecture notes on prostitution and female offenders.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1956

Extent

From the Series: 2 boxes

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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