Historical child sexual abuse in England and Wales: the role of historians
Bingham, A.C.; Delap, L.; Jackson, L.; Settle, L. · White Rose Research Online
This article reflects on methodological and ethical issues that have shaped a collaborative project which aims to chart social, legal and political responses to child sexual abuse in England and Wales across the twentieth century. The etymological problem of searching for child sexual abuse in the historical archive is discussed, given that the term itself i…