The Age of Consent Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship
, by Waites, MatthewNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781403921734 | 1403921733
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/21/2005
This book analyzes the development of age of consent laws in the UK from the nineteenth century to the present, in international perspective. The analysis, informed by contemporary perspectives in social theory on gender, sexuality, youth and childhood, focuses upon changing understandings of citizenship embodied in the law.