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Sex, crime and morality / Sharon Hayes and Belinda Carpenter, with Angela Dwyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Sharon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex crimes--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Sex crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 141 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- Over the past few decades, there has been a marked increase in media and debate surrounding a specific group of offences in modern democratic are offences related to prostitution and pornography, homosexuality, and incest and child sexual abuse. This book examines the nexus between sex, crime and morality from a theoretical perspective.
- This is the first academic text to offer an examination and analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of sex-related crimes and social attitudes towards them, and the historical, anthropological and moral reasons for differentiating these crimes in contemporary western culture.
- The book is divided into three sections corresponding to three theoretical frameworks:
- Part 1 examines the moral temporality of sex and taboo as a foundation for legislation governing sex crimes.
- Part 2focuses on the geography of sex and deviance, specifically notions of public morality and the public-private divide.
- Part 3 examines the moral economy of sex and harm, including the social construction of harm.
- Sex, Crime and Morality will be key reading for students of criminology criminal justice, gender studies and ethics, and will also be of interest to justice professionals. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- Part 1 9
- 2 Out of time: the moral temporality of sex and taboo 11
- 3 Incest 20
- 4 Pornography 32
- Part 2 43
- 5 Out of place: the moral geography of sex and deviance 45
- 6 Sex offending 56
- 7 Sexuality 66
- Part 3 79
- 8 Out of context: the moral economy of sex and harm 81
- 9 Sexual commerce 90
- 10 Sex trafficking 103
- 11 Conclusion 118.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781843928164
- 1843928167
- 9781843928157
- 1843928159
- 9780203153734
- 0203153731
- OCLC:
- 729721271
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