Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760–1975

Katherine D. Watson is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus on topics where medicine, crime and the law intersect, particularly in Britain since the seventeenth century. She is the author of Medicine and Justice: Medico-Legal Practice in England and Wales, 1700–1914 (2020).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Facts and Figures.- 3. Motives and Contexts.- 4. Law and Justice.- 5. Conclusion