"Stranger Danger”: the Public Service film and the protection of Child Sexuality

By Jen Baker Childhood and Youth 2 comments

A number of public service films produced after the Second World War warned children in particular about “Stranger Danger”.

Shirley Temple: The Unwitting Coquette

By Jen Baker Childhood and Youth 5 comments

Hers is a childhood constructed out of our nostalgic desires.

"A filthy bruitish offence": Child sex abuse and the law in C17th England

By Jen Baker Childhood and Youth, Early Modern, Sexual Violence 8 comments

Between 1674 and 1913 there are at least 570 documented Old Bailey cases involving adults accused of sexual relations with children.