Name, shame and blame : criminalising consensual sex in Papau New Guinea / Christine Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Christine, legal officer, author.

Contributor:

Australian National University, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual consent--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea.

Sexual consent.

Prostitution--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea.

Prostitution.

Prostitution--Law and legislation.

Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Papua New Guinea.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea--Social conditions.

Papua New Guinea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 368 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2014

Canberra, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law system was imposed on the colonies with little regard for the social regulation and belief systems of the colonised, and in most instances, was retained and developed post-Independence, regardless of the infringements of human rights involved.

This book is an exceptional contribution to our knowledge of the nexus between the criminal law and negative attitudes of society, and what effects criminalization has on the social lives of prostitutes and males who have sex with males, and whether these effects might provide evidence to support the argument for law reform.

Contents:

Prologue. The Perfect Storm

1. Through the Window

2. From the Bush

3. In the Courtroom

4. On the Streets

5. In Trouble

6. At the Intersection

7. Where to Now?

Appendix 1. Respondents

Appendix 2. Sample Antecedent Report

Appendix 3. Review of Homosexuality Cases

Appendix 4. Summary of Sentences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 321 -368)

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781925021226

OCLC:

906536419

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_515936