The age of consent : young people, sexuality, and citizenship

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The age of consent : young people, sexuality, and citizenship

Title remainder

young people, sexuality, and citizenship

Statement of responsibility

Matthew Waites

Creator

• Waites, Matthew

Subject

• Age of consent -- Great Britain
• Minors -- Sexual behavior -- Great Britain

Language

eng

Summary

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.--

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BUB

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Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography