Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar BritainA revisionist and controversial history of homosexual culture in Britain and the mid-20th century, this incisive account takes as its focus the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexuality and Persecution established in 1954, and uncovers a witchhunt. |
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Page 56
... prison at the time of the prison service survey rejected treatment , over 80 per cent of the whole group . The doctor then tried to assess the remainder for their suitability for treatment , and by the end of this exercise just over ...
... prison at the time of the prison service survey rejected treatment , over 80 per cent of the whole group . The doctor then tried to assess the remainder for their suitability for treatment , and by the end of this exercise just over ...
Page 57
... prison doctors were extremely sceptical about treatment . The Director of the Prison Medical Service , Dr H. K. Snell , was very doubtful : ' The most likely that can be hoped for in a majority of cases accepted for treatment is a ...
... prison doctors were extremely sceptical about treatment . The Director of the Prison Medical Service , Dr H. K. Snell , was very doubtful : ' The most likely that can be hoped for in a majority of cases accepted for treatment is a ...
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... prison service suggested that ' In general , in the better type of prison the homo- sexuals are a stabilising and beneficent influence , and greatly assist the smooth running of the prison . ' The main trouble was with ' the ...
... prison service suggested that ' In general , in the better type of prison the homo- sexuals are a stabilising and beneficent influence , and greatly assist the smooth running of the prison . ' The main trouble was with ' the ...
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