Sekularisoituva seksuaalisuus: Biokriminologinen näkökulma väkisinmakaamisrikokseen toisen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Suomessa

Abstract

The article deals with interpretations of rape in the field of social medicine in Finland after the <br/>Second World War. The analysis is based on physician Sven Erkkilä’s article “Rape – the deed <br/>and the doers”. The main method in use is historical contextualization of social medicine. The <br/>research questions are the following: how was rape understood after the Second World War? <br/>How was it explained? Erkkilä analyses environmental factors connected to rape, including attitudes and places, as well as hereditary factors, including “feeblemindedness” and “psychopathy”. <br/>As a form of crime prevention, he suggests sex guidance at home and in schools. His solution <br/>represents social planning, which was typical to the era. Erkkilä’s research reflects a wider change <br/>in general attitudes toward sexual violence.