Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101798

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101798

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sexual Offences, Legal Responses and Public Perceptions: 1880s-1980s. Testimony of sexual abuse before the current Royal Commission has exposed the historic neglect and cover-up of institutional offences. Yet, to unearth the deeper and wider dimensions of sexual offending requires scholarly historical analysis. This project aims to use qualitative and quantitative analysis to track how and why certain forms of sexual behaviour sparked public concern and provoked legal responses and public inquiries from the 1880s to the 1980s. The systematic examination of these patterns through archival and published documents is intended to test the relation between shifting community and political concerns and the conduct of criminal trials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $237,326.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Law and Society | North American History | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Historical Studies | Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | Law and Society | North American History | Understanding Australia's Past | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified

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