Policing sex

by Dalton, Derek Johnson, Paul, (Paul James)

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Title Statements

Full title :Policing sex / edited by Paul Johnson and Derek Dalton.

Summary

"This collection focuses attention on an important but academically neglected area of contemporary operational policing: the regulation of consensual sexual practices. Despite the high-level public visibility of, and debate about, policing in relation to violent and abusive sexual crimes (from child sexual abuse to adult rape) very little public or scholarly attention is paid to the policing of consensual sexual practices in contemporary societies. In the context of social and cultural change "sexual life" is largely understood as a matter of "private life," policing plays an active part in regulating consensual sexual practices across a number of areas. This book brings together a well known and respected group of academics to explore the role of the police in shaping the boundaries of that aspect of contemporary life that we imagine to be most private and most our own, uniting scholars from a range of disciplines. It is essential supplementary readings for courses in criminology, law, policing, sociology of deviance, gender and sexuality, and cultural studies"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 188 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415668057, 0415668050, 9780415668064, 0415668069, 9780203120736, 0203120736
oclc:ocn758394605
LC Classification:HQ16
Dewey Decimal:306.7

Subjects

Contrôle social Crimes et délits contre les mœurs -- Pr… Family and Relationships Prostitution Sex -- Social aspects Sexualité -- Aspect social Sexualverhalten Social control SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology Soziale Kontrolle Vice control