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Sex & sexuality. Material from the Alice Field Collection, 1935-1958 (bulk 1936-1954)

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Summary: The collection of Alice Withrow Field (1909-1960), sex researcher, criminologist and social scientist, is comprised of five file boxes of papers, statistical and criminal reports, professional corr...

The collection of Alice Withrow Field (1909-1960), sex researcher, criminologist and social scientist, is comprised of five file boxes of papers, statistical and criminal reports, professional correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, charts, publication drafts, and legal information regarding criminal cases of sexual offenders and the relevant penal codes for New York City. The two foci of the collection are materials pertaining to the New York City Sex Offender study, and materials concerning cases in the Women's Court and Wayward Minors' Court.