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Introduction
The bibliography contains literature about the history of rape, sexual child abuse, sexual harassment, forced prostitution and sexual violence in general. It aims to give a survey of the number of publications and to help researchers, students and librarians to find literature.
Articles, books, conference papers and other tools, dealing exclusively or in parts with the topic, are listed. Print and electronic resources are considered. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are available online, for example, electronic abstracts or full-texts of print articles.
At the moment the bibliography contains mainly English and German titles, but also Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish literature. There are no chronological or geographical limitations.
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»'Searching the literature' is thus a slow, tiresome and uncertain activity; it may yield little fruit, and one never has the assurance that all the relevant papers have in fact been found.«
[Ziman, John. Public knowledge: an essay concerning the social dimension of science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968: p. 120.] |
»The job would be simpler if the legacy were smaller, but the wealth of material overwhelms us, and we are blinded by too much light. ... To make matters worse, no day passes but someone throws another article upon this mountain of material. ... Our life is too short, and there are so many books; money is so scarce, and there is so little time.«
[W.G. Ploucquet. Quoted in: Vickery, Brian C. Scientific communication in history. Lanham and London: Scarecrow Press, 2000: p. 98.] |
»A compiler cannot afford to indulge in the arrogance of deciding what is beneath notice. ... Besides, the profession's favour may change, and what has previously been condemned may later be approved. ... My object is after all not to be critical. It is recording, so far as possible, of all that has been done, said, seen, observed by physicians and others, of all ages and nations--whether right or no.«
[W.G. Ploucquet. Quoted in: Vickery, Brian C. Scientific communication in history. Lanham and London: Scarecrow Press, 2000: p. 99.] |
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