Illicit and illegal : sex, regulation, and social control /

Drawing upon sociological understandings of sex and wider theories of deviance and social control, this book investigates the different sites of regulation for sexual activities across diverse contexts and challenges the idea that early 21st-century Britain is increasingly sexually liberated.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Phoenix, Joanna, 1964-
Other Authors: Oerton, Sarah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or : Willan Pub., 2005.
Subjects:
Sex crimes > Great Britain.
Sex and law > Great Britain.
Sex > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Violence sexuelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Sexualité et droit > Grande-Bretagne.
Sexualité > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Sex and law
Sex crimes
Sex > Social aspects
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: moral authoritarianism and official and quasi-official discourses of sex
  • Destructive sex: sexual autonomy, victimhood and the 'problem of men'
  • Threatening sex: protection, communities and childhood
  • Commercial sex: consent, coercion and exploitation
  • Nuisance sex: harassment, collusion and decency
  • Professional sex: ethics, trust and moral guardianship
  • Transgressive and digital sex: margins, edges and limitless victims
  • Conclusion: victims, perpetrators and the new sexual enterprise.

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