The Age of Consent [electronic resource] : Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship / by M. Waites.

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Link
ISBN
9780230505933
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/30660
Yazar
Waites, M.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2005.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 285 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
The Age of Consent; Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship addresses the contentious issue of how children's sexual behaviour should be regulated. The text includes: ·A unique history of age of consent laws in the UK, analysed via contemporary social theory ·A global comparative survey of age of consent laws and relevant international human rights law ·A critical analysis of how protectionist agendas shaped new age of consent laws in England and Wales in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 ·In-depth theoretical discussion of the rationale for age of consent laws ·An original proposal to reduce the age of consent to 14 for young people who are less than two years apart in age Responding to contemporary concerns about young people's sexual behaviour, sexual abuse and paedophilia, this book will engage readers in law and socio-legal studies, sociology, history, politics, social policy, youth and childhood studies, and gender and sexuality studies; and professionals and practitioners working with young people.
Konu
Family policy.
Anthropology.
Ethnology.
Social service.
Sex.
Sociology.
Social groups.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Anthropology.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Social Work.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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