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About the Author

Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.

Reviews

'Academically rigorous ... elegant, readable and gripping' OBSERVER 'Launches a disciplined and chilling account ... unflinching' GUARDIAN 'Thought-provoking at every turn' INDEPENDENT 'This is a comprehensive survey of sexual criminality over the past 150 years ... [it] is a thorough, intelligent, and balanced examination of a crime whose prevalence is only rising' Lionel Shriver, FT