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The early 2020s marked the fortieth anniversary of the first
confirmed cases of AIDS and a new wave of historical interest in
the ongoing epidemic. This edited collection showcases some of this
exciting new work, with a particular focus on less well-known
histories from western Europe. Featuring research from social,
cultural and public historians, sociologists and area studies
scholars, its eight chapters address experiences, events and
memories across regions and nations including Scotland, Wales,
Italy, Norway and the Netherlands, paying careful attention to
often-overlooked groups including drug users, sex workers, nurses,
mothers and people in prison. Offering new perspectives on the
development and implementation of policy, the nature of activism
and expertise and which (or whose) histories are remembered, it is
essential reading not only for historians of health but also for
all those working in HIV/AIDS studies. Electronic versions of
chapters 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 are available under a creative commons
licence:
www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526151223/9781526151223.xml -- .
In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London,
fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of
managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those
living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official
solicitor took control of her home and money, evicted her
"friends," and hired a live-in companion to watch over her.
Alexander remained legally incapable for the next thirty years. In
the mid-twentieth century, Alexander was one of about thirty
thousand people in England and Wales who were, at any time, legally
"incapable" and under the auspices of what is now the Court of
Protection. Focusing on the period between the 1920s and the 1960s,
Looking After Miss Alexander explains the workings of the court,
using Alexander's unusual case to consider the complexities of this
aspect of mental health law. Drawing on Court of Protection
archives - some of which were made publicly available for the first
time in 2019 - and micro-historical methods, Janet Weston also
highlights the role of chance, subjectivity, and uncertainty in
shaping how events unfolded then, and the stories we tell about
those events today. An engaging and accessible history of mental
capacity law, Looking After Miss Alexander examines ideas of
citizenship and welfare, gender and vulnerability, care and
control, and the role of the state. It also offers reflections on
historical research and writing itself.
Sexual crime, past and present, is rarely far from the headlines.
How these crimes are punished, policed and understood has changed
considerably over the last century. From hormone injections to
cognitive behavioural therapy, medical and psychological approaches
to sexual offenders have proliferated. This book sets out the
history of such theories and treatments in England. Beginning in
the early 20th century, it traces the evolution of medical interest
in the mental state of those convicted of sexual crime. As part of
a broader interest in individualised responses to crime as a means
to rehabilitation, doctors offered new explanations for some sexual
crimes, proposed new solutions, and attempted to deliver new cures.
From indecent exposure to homosexuality between men, from sadistic
violence to thefts of underwear from washing lines, the
interpretation and treatment of some sexual offences was thought to
be complex. Of less medical interest, though, were offences against
children, prostitution, and rape. Using a range of material,
including medical and criminological texts, trial proceedings,
government reports, newspapers, and autobiographies and memoirs,
Janet Weston offers powerful insights into changing medico-legal
practices and attitudes towards sex and health. She highlights the
importance of prison doctors and rehabilitative programmes within
prisons, psychoanalytically-minded private practitioners, and the
interactions between medical and legal systems as medical theories
were put into practice. She also reveals the extent and legacy of
medical thought, as well as the limitations of a medical approach
to sexual crime.
Sexual crime, past and present, is rarely far from the headlines.
How these crimes are punished, policed and understood has changed
considerably over the last century. From hormone injections to
cognitive behavioural therapy, medical and psychological approaches
to sexual offenders have proliferated. This book sets out the
history of such theories and treatments in England. Beginning in
the early 20th century, it traces the evolution of medical interest
in the mental state of those convicted of sexual crime. As part of
a broader interest in individualised responses to crime as a means
to rehabilitation, doctors offered new explanations for some sexual
crimes, proposed new solutions, and attempted to deliver new cures.
From indecent exposure to homosexuality between men, from sadistic
violence to thefts of underwear from washing lines, the
interpretation and treatment of some sexual offences was thought to
be complex. Of less medical interest, though, were offences against
children, prostitution, and rape. Using a range of material,
including medical and criminological texts, trial proceedings,
government reports, newspapers, and autobiographies and memoirs,
Janet Weston offers powerful insights into changing medico-legal
practices and attitudes towards sex and health. She highlights the
importance of prison doctors and rehabilitative programmes within
prisons, psychoanalytically-minded private practitioners, and the
interactions between medical and legal systems as medical theories
were put into practice. She also reveals the extent and legacy of
medical thought, as well as the limitations of a medical approach
to sexual crime.
In July 1939, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London,
fifty-nine-year-old Beatrice Alexander was found incapable of
managing her own property and affairs. Although Alexander and those
living with her insisted that she was perfectly well, the official
solicitor took control of her home and money, evicted her
"friends," and hired a live-in companion to watch over her.
Alexander remained legally incapable for the next thirty years. In
the mid-twentieth century, Alexander was one of about thirty
thousand people in England and Wales who were, at any time, legally
"incapable" and under the auspices of what is now the Court of
Protection. Focusing on the period between the 1920s and the 1960s,
Looking After Miss Alexander explains the workings of the court,
using Alexander's unusual case to consider the complexities of this
aspect of mental health law. Drawing on Court of Protection
archives - some of which were made publicly available for the first
time in 2019 - and micro-historical methods, Janet Weston also
highlights the role of chance, subjectivity, and uncertainty in
shaping how events unfolded then, and the stories we tell about
those events today. An engaging and accessible history of mental
capacity law, Looking After Miss Alexander examines ideas of
citizenship and welfare, gender and vulnerability, care and
control, and the role of the state. It also offers reflections on
historical research and writing itself.
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