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Journals
Articles
Stevenson KA (2017) '‘CHILDREN OF A VERY TENDER AGE HAVE VICIOUS PROPENSITIES’: CHILD WITNESS TESTIMONIES IN CASES OF SEXUAL ABUSE' Law, Crime and History Open access
STEVENSON KIM (2017) 'Writing the History of Crime. By Paul Knepper. Bloomsbury. 2016. 241pp. £19.99' History 102, (349) 114-116 ,
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Stevenson KA (2016) '“Not just the ideas of a few enthusiasts”: Early Twentieth Century Legal Activism and Reformation of the Age of Sexual Consent' Cultural and Social History 14, (2) 219-236 ,
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Stevenson KA (2016) '“These are cases which it is inadvisable to drag into the light of day” : Disinterring the Crime of Incest in Early Twentieth-Century England' Crime, History and Societies 20, (2) ,
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Stevenson KA (2016) 'The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority: The 'Trials' of Same Sex Desire' ,
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Stevenson KA, Rowbotham J & Lowther J (2015) 'Reparation for Betrayal of Trust in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: The Christian Duty of Care, Vicarious Liability and the Church of England' Australian Feminist Law Journal ,
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Stevenson KA (2014) 'OUTRAGEOUS VIOLATIONS: ENABLING STUDENTS TO INTERPRET
NINETEENTH CENTURY NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE' Law, Crime and History 1, (4) 36-61 Publisher Site Open access
Stevenson K (2012) ''It is What "Girls of Indifferent Character" Do ...' Complications concerning the Legal Age of Sexual Consent in the Light of R v C (2011)' American Journal of Criminal Law (76) 130-139
Stevenson K & Harris C (2010) ''Breaking the Thrall of Ambiguity: Simplification (of the Criminal Law) as an Emerging Human Rights Imperative'' Journal of Criminal Law 74, (6) 516-532
Stevenson K (2009) '“She got past knowing herself and didn’t know how many there were”: Uncovering the Gendered Brutality of Gang Rapes in Victorian England,' Nottingham Law Journal 1, (18) 1-17
Stevenson K, Harris C & Rowbotham J (2009) 'Truth, law and hate in the virtual marketplace of ideas: perspectives on the regulation of Internet content’' Information & Communications Technology Law 2, (18) 155-184 Publisher Site
Stevenson K & Harris C (2008) 'Inaccessible and Unknowable: Accretion and Uncertainty in Modern Criminal Law' Liverpool Law Review 247-267
Rowbotham J & Stevenson K (2007) ''For today in this arena...' Legal performativity and dramatic convention in the Victorian criminal justice system' Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 14, (2) 113-141
Stevenson K (2007) 'Unearthing the realities of rape: Utilising Victorian newspaper reportage to fill in the contextual gaps' Liverpool Law Review 28, (3) 405-423 ,
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Rowbotham J & Stevenson K (2007) 'Editorial: Answering Baker: Utilising ‘Best’ Evidence. The Challenge for Socio-legal Studies' Liverpool Law Review 28, (3) 319-326 ,
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Rowbotham J & Stevenson K (2006) 'A Question of (dis)engagement? Historical Lessons in Promoting an Effective Public Interface to Address Current Crime Concerns' Crime Prevention and Community Safety 8, (2) 69-89 ,
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Jerrard RR, Stevenson K, Jerrard R, Harrington A & Jerrard R (2005) 'Review: Sex Crime: Sex Offending and Society, Stone's Justices' Manual, Blackstone's Police Q&A and Blackstone's Police Sergeant's Mock Examination Paper 2005, the Criminal Jury Old & New: Jury Power from Early Times to the Present Day' The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 78, (2) 175-185 ,
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Stevenson K (2004) 'Fulfilling Their Mission: The Intervention of Voluntary Societies in Cases of Sexual Assault in the Victorian Criminal Process' Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 1, (8) 93-110
Stevenson K (2004) 'Of Constitutions and Kings' Liverpool Law Review 25, (2) 167-170 ,
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Stevenson K, rowbotham J & Pegg S (2003) 'Children of Misfortune: The Parallel Cases of Child Murderers Thompson and Venables, Barratt and Bradley' Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 2, (42) 107-122
Stevenson K (2000) 'Dystopias and Legal Utopias?: Reflections on Visions Past and the Enduring Ideal of Criminal Codification,' Nottingham Law Journal 1, (9) 25-38
Stevenson K (2000) 'Unequivocal Victims: The Historical Mystification of the Female Complainant in Rape Cases,’' Feminist Legal Studies (8) 346-366
Stevenson K (1999) '‘Observations on the Law Relating to Sexual Offences: the 'Historic Scandal of Women's Silence,’' Web Journal of Current Legal Issues http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1999/issue4/stevenson4.html (4)
Reviews
Stevenson KA (2012) 'The Beauty Bias The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law by Deborah L. Rhode (Book Review)' European Journal of Women’s Studies 4, (19) 4-7
Editorial comments
Books
Sinead Ring, Kate Gleeson and Kim Stevenson, Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors: Legal Responses in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia, RoutledgeSOLON 2022
stevenson K (2017) Leading the Police A History of Chief Constables 1835-2017. Routledge Routledge SOLON Open access
Rowbotham J (2017) Behaving Badly. Routledge ,
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Cox DJ, Stevenson K, Harris C & Rowbotham J (2015) Public Indecency in England 1857-1960 'A Serious and Growing Evil’. Routledge
Stevenson KA, Rowbotham J & Pegg S (2013) Crime News in Modern Britain: Press Reporting and Responsibility 1820-2010. PalgraveMacmillan Publisher Site
Jones J; Greer A; Fenton R (2010) Gender, Sexualities and Law. Taylor & Francis
Rowbotham J; Stevenson K (2005) Criminal conversations. Ohio State Univ Press
Rowbothan J & Stevenson K (2005) Criminal conversations: Victorian crimes, social panic, and moral outrage.
Stevenson K, Davies A & Gunn MJ (2004) Blackstone's guide to the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Blackstone Press
Rowbotham J; Stevenson K (2003) Behaving badly. Ashgate Pub Ltd
Chapters
Stevenson K & Rowbotham J (2019) 'Union Street: More than simply a metaphor for the coming together of Plymouth's Three Towns?' Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century 148-165
Stevenson KA & Channing I (2018) 'Authoritative Judgments in a Provincial Town: Responses to Everyday Offending in Plymouth 1860 – 1900' in Gregory J; Grey D A Time of Judgement Routledge
Channing I (2017) 'Chief Constables and public order: tensions between discretion and consistency' in Stevenson K; Cox D; Channing I Leading The Police: A History of Chief Constables 1835–2017 Routledge 174-190 ,
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Stevenson KA (2017) 'Chief Constables as ‘moral heroes’ and guardians of public morality' in Stevenson KA; Cox DJ; Channing I Leading The Police: A History of Chief Constables 1835–2017 Routledge 91-108 Publisher Site ,
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Stevenson K (2017) 'Sexual assault' A Companion to The History of Crime and Criminal Justice 232-237
Stevenson K (2017) 'Sexual assault' A Companion to The History of Crime and Criminal Justice
Rowbotham J & Stevenson K (2017) 'Introduction: Behaving badly' Behaving Badly Social Panic and Moral Outrage - Victorian and Modem Parallels 1-13 ,
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Stevenson K (2016) 'Women and Young Girls Dare not Travel Alone’: The Dangers of Sexual Encounters on Victorian Railways' Gendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions 189-200 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'A ‘Golden Era’? 1860–1885' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 39-59 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'Challenging the ‘Golden Goose’? 1885–1900' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 60-83 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'Enhancing Sensationalism: 1939–1960' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 143-170 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'New Journalism Triumphant: 1900–1914' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 84-113 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'New Perspectives and New Informants: 1914–1939' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 114-142 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'Online and Offline: Postscript 2011–2012' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 202-223 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'Positively Criminal? Press, Police and Politicians: 1960–2010' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 171-201 ,
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Rowbotham J, Stevenson K & Pegg S (2013) 'The Beginnings of Crime Intelligence: 1800–1860' Crime News in Modern Britain Palgrave Macmillan UK 14-38 ,
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Stevenson K (2012) '‘Women and young girls dare not travel alone’: The dangers of sexual encounters on victorian railways' Gendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions 189-200
Jones J, Grear A, Fenton RA & Stevenson K (2011) 'Gender, sexualities and law: Critical engagements' Gender, Sexualities and Law 1-11 ,
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Stevenson K (2010) '‘‘Most Intimate Violations’: Contextualising the Crime of Rape,' in Kilday A-M; Nash D Histories of Crime Britain 1600-2000 Palgrave MacMillan 80-99
Stevenson K (2010) '‘She Never Screamed Out and Complained’: Recognising Gender in Legal and Media Representations of Rape,’' in Jones J Gender, Sexualities and Law Taylor & Francis 121-134
Stevenson K (2005) '‘Crimes of Moral Outrage: Victorian Encryptions of Sexual Violence’' in Rowbotham J; Stevenson K Criminal conversations Victorian Crimes, Social Panics and Moral Outrage Ohio State Univ Pr 232-246
Stevenson K (2003) '‘Causing a Sensation: Media and Legal Representations of Bad Behaviour’' in Rowbotham J; Stevenson K Behaving badly: Visible Crime, Social Panics and Legal Responses - Victorian and Modern Parallels Ashgate Pub Ltd 31-46
Stevenson K (2000) '‘Ingenuities of the Female Mind: Legal and Public Perceptions of Sexual Violence in Victorian England 1850-1890’' in D'Cruze S Everyday violence in Britain, 1850-1950 Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd 89-103
Stevenson K (2000) '‘The Respectability Imperative: A Golden Rule in Cases of Sexual Assault?' in Inkster I; Workshop NTH; University NT The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870 Ashgate Pub Ltd 237-248
Conference Papers
Stevenson KA (2018) 'The Credibility Gap: The Objectification of Child Victims of Sexual Abuse 1880-1980' ‘From Trauma to Protection: the twentieth century as the children’s century’ University of Warwick 4-/-0/20184-/-0/2018Open access
Stevenson KA (2017) 'The Significance of Union Street in the Unification of Plymouth’s Three Towns' PUNCS Union and Disunion Plymouth University 6-/-0/20171-/-1/2017Open access
Stevenson KA (2017) 'The Legal Vilification of the Vulnerable Child Witness: Some Historical Perspectives' Responding to Historical Child Sexual Abuse. Kent University 3-/-0/20171-/-1/2017Open access
Stevenson KA (2015) '‘My experience has shown me that children of a very tender age have vicious propensities’: Child testimony in Nineteenth Century cases of sexual abuse' Historicizing Rape Cardiff University 7-/-0/20157-/-0/2015
Stevenson KA (2015) '‘The Youngest Chief Constable ever’' British Criminology Society Plymouth University 7-/-0/20157-/-0/2015
Stevenson KA (2014) '‘…these are cases which it is inadvisable to drag into the light of day:’ Revisiting the Historiography of Incest 1885 to 1977' TRANSNATIONAL RESPONSES TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Cardiff University 4-/-0/2014
Stevenson KA & Edward-Jones A (2013) 'Plymouth Student e-journals: comparing different approaches to publishing undergraduate research and scholarly work' British Undergraduate Research Conference 2013 Plymouth University 4-/-0/20134-/-0/2013
Stevenson KA (2012) 'Open Journal Publishing: Letting Elpis out of Pandora's Box' North American Conference on British Studies Montreal 1-/-1/20121-/-1/2012History Working Papers Publisher Site
Stevenson K (2012) '‘There is a strong consensus of public opinion …’:
Edwardian Activism and the utilization of Criminal Law to prohibit Immorality and
Indecency' SOLON Modern Activism Conference Liverpool John Moores 6-/-0/20126-/-0/2012
Stevenson K (2011) ''"I Beg to Apologise for Troubling You on This Disagreeable Subject": the Criminal Law Amendment Acts and the Elusivity of Establishing the Age of Consent'' British Legal History Conference Clare College Cambridge Uhiversity 7-/-0/20117-/-0/2011
Stevenson K (2010) '‘Real' Rape, ‘Real’ Consent' National Conference Sex and the Law, Criminalisation? Protection? Rights Centre for HIV and sexual health Sheffield 9-/-0/2010
Stevenson K (2010) '‘Should there be a Human Right to know the criminal Law?’' Society of Legal Scholars Southampton University 9-/-0/20109-/-0/2010
Stevenson KA (2008) '“She got past knowing herself and didn’t know how many there were”: Uncovering the Gendered Brutality of Gang Rapes in Victorian England' European Social Science History Conference Lisbon Lisbon 2-/-0/20083-/-0/2008
Stevenson K (2008) '‘The Legal Cassandra: Rethinking Fitzjames Stephen’s Influence on the Criminal Law’' Society Legal Scholars Annual Conference LSE London 9-/-0/20089-/-0/2008
Stevenson K (2007) '‘Inaccessible and Unknowable: The problem of legislative hyperactivity and frenzied law making in the Criminal Law’' SOLON Experiencing the Law Conference Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 2-/-1/2007
Stevenson K (2007) '‘“A Waste of Time?” Overcoming Student and Staff Resistance to Academic Development Planning in Curriculum Design and Delivery’' Association of Law Teachers Annual conference University of Plymouth 4-/-0/20074-/-0/2007
Stevenson K (2005) 'Female Monsters or Damsels in Distress?’' Behaving Badly Again SOLON 4th Annual Conference Galleries of justice Nottingham 9-/-0/20059-/-0/2005
Stevenson K (2005) '‘Reporting Legal Ingenuities: Representations of Sexual Offences in the Press’' Hart Workshop Empirical Research in Law and Legal Process Institute of Advanced Legal Studies London 6-/-0/20056-/-0/2005
Stevenson K (2004) '“The Sexual Offences Act 2003”' Sexual Offences Act Conference Manchester Metropolitan University 0-/-1/2004
Stevenson K (2004) '‘Evil Counsels; Perspectives on recent legislative initiatives’,' Evil State and the law International Conference Oxford University 7-/-0/20047-/-0/2004
Stevenson K (2003) '‘“She got past knowing herself and didn’t know how many there were”: Uncovering the Gendered Brutality of Gang Rapes in Victorian England.’' IAHCCJ International Colloquium ‘Gender and Crime in Historical Perspective Paris 6-/-0/20036-/-0/2003
Stevenson K (2003) 'Victorian Gang Rapes' Sociolegal Studies Association Annual Conference Nottingham Trent University 4-/-0/20034-/-0/2003
Stevenson K (2003) '‘Ganging Up, Should Stranger Rape be Constituted as a Hate Crime?’' SOLON/NCSRHC Hate Crimes Conference Galleries of Justice Nottingham 2-/-0/20032-/-0/2003
Stevenson K (2002) '‘Revealing the Sexual Truth, Sourcing records of sex crimes’' Crime Research Network One Day Seminar Series Nottingham Trent University 1-/-1/2002
Stevenson K (2002) '‘Indecent Propositions - The Mystification of the Female Complainant in Rape Cases’' Gender Sexuality and the Law International Second Conference Keele University 6-/-0/20026-/-0/2002
Stevenson K (2002) '‘Damsels in Distress or Female Monsters - Sexual Violence and Seduction in Railway Carriages’' SOLON Off the Rails One Day conference York Railway Museum 5-/-0/2002
Stevenson K (2001) '‘Courting Connexions: Legal Protagonists and the Press in the Victorian Period’' Law, Cultures and the Humanities, International Conference, Fourth Meeting University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA 1-/-1/20011-/-1/2001
Stevenson K (2001) '‘Helping the Vulnerable or Helping Themselves? The role of Voluntary Societies in Nineteenth Century Prosecutions of Sex Crimes’' Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association Palmer House, Chicago, USA 1-/-1/20011-/-1/2001
Stevenson K (2001) '’Media Manipulations: Lawyers Reporting and Bad Behaviour?’’' Behaving Badly First SOLON International Conference Galleries of Justice Nottingham 9-/-0/20019-/-0/2001
Stevenson K (2001) '‘“Taking Indecent Liberties;” The Victorian Encryption of Sexual Violence’' International Conference on the History of Violence University of Liverpool 7-/-0/20017-/-0/2001
Stevenson K (2001) '“Taking Indecent Liberties?” Victorian Representations of Sexual Violence’' Women and Gender Keele University 6-/-0/2001
Stevenson K (2001) '‘Media Manipulations? Images of Crime, Lawyers, Judges and Police - Past and Present’' SOLON Open Public Lecture Galleries of Justice Galleries of Justice, Nottingham 3-/-0/2001
Stevenson K (2000) 'The Mystification of Rape: An exercise in Cultural Contextualisation’' Law, Cultures and the Humanities - International Conference, Third Meeting Georgetown University, Washington DC 3-/-0/20003-/-0/2000
Stevenson K (2000) '‘Societal Distopias and Legal Utopias: In Pursuit of a Code Victoria’' Social History Society Millennium Conference Gonville and Caius Cambridge University 1-/-0/20001-/-0/2000
Stevenson K (1999) '’The Respectability Imperative: A Golden Rule in Cases of Sexual Assault?’' One Day History Conference, The Golden Age, Nottingham Trent University 6-/-0/1999
Stevenson K (1999) '‘Ingenuities of the Female Mind: Legal and Public Perceptions of Sexual Violence in Victorian England 1850-90’' Women Gender and Interpersonal Violence: Historical Perspectives Leeds Metropolitan University 2-/-0/1999
Stevenson K (1998) '‘Loose Ends and Legal Disjunctions: Offences Against the Person? Socio-Legal Dynamics and Sexual violence in the mid nineteenth century’' Critical Legal Studies Conference Lancaster University 9-/-0/19989-/-0/1998