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Zusatztext ...a challenging and thought provoking contribution to the social and academic debates surrounding sexuality and the law. Informationen zum Autor Belinda Brooks-Gordon is a Reader in Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Loraine Gelsthorpe is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College.Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge. Martin Johnson is Professor of Reproductive Sciences in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext Despite the advent of new sexual knowledge, new perspectives, and even new experiences, we do not routinely or habitually reflect on the interface of social and legal dimensions of sexuality. Rather, the law is periodically reviewed in response to some crisis or campaign. The idea for this book thus came from awareness that it is important to explore some of the social and moral censures, contours and controversies that shape and mark the boundaries of sexuality. The production of the book has coincided with a major review and new legislation concerning sexual offenses, fuelling the authors concerns and making their explorations timely. The book examines the following areas: the development of sexuality and the right to define ones sexuality; genetic maps and sexual politics; sexuality and same sex relationships in law; the law in relation to intersecting oppressions concerning lesbians, gay men and transgendered people; the sexual abuse of children and the limitations of the law; th Zusammenfassung This book aims to explore some of the social and moral censures, contours and controversies that shape and mark the boundaries of sexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Reflections on Sexuality RepositionedLORAINE GELSTHORPEPart 1: Sexuality and Society2. The Rights and Wrongs of SexualityJEFFREY WEEKS3. Social Worlds, Social Change and the Rise of the New Sexualities TheoriesKEN PLUMMER4. New Battlegrounds: Genetic Maps and Sexual PoliticsLYNNE SEGAL5. Sexuality, Desire and Embodied Performances in the WorkplaceLINDA MCDOWELL6. Sexuality and Same-Sex Relationships in LawCRAIG LIND7. Intersecting Oppressions: Ending Discrimination Against Lesbians, Gay Men and Trans People in the UKZOË-JANE PLAYDONPart 2: The Development of Sexuality: Contemporary Debates8. A Biological Perspective on Human SexualityMARTIN H. JOHNSON9. Men, Women, People: The Definition of SexPAK-LEE CHAU AND JONATHAN HERRING10. The Development of SexualityJULIE A. JESSOP11. Sexual Health and Young People: the Contribution and Role of PsychologyROGER INGHAMPart 3: ‘Problematic’ and Prohibited Sexuality12. Reforming the Law on Sexual OffencesANDREW BAINHAM AND BELINDA BROOKS-GORDON13. Unnatural Acts: Sexuality, Film, and the LawANDREW WEBBER14. The Sexual Abuse of ChildrenMICHAEL FREEMAN15. The Care Standards Tribunal: The Correct BalanceDAVID PEARL16. The Sexual Zone Between Childhood and the Age of Majority: Claims to Sexual Freedoms Versus Protectionist PoliciesKERRY PETERSEN17. Regulating Sex: Young People, Prostitution and Policy ReformJOANNA PHOENIX18. Sexual Offenders: A Systematic Review of Psychological Treatment InterventionsBELINDA BROOKS-GORDON, CHARLOTTE BILBY AND TRACEY KENWORTHY...
