Sex, Violence and Crime : Foucault and the 'Man' Question

Theoretically informed yet entirely accessible style, this book provides a novel critical approach to questions of sex and violence in contemporary Western society.

On the Popularity of Sex and the Topicality of Violence; Sex, Violence and Method; Sex, Violence and Criminology; Pierre Rivire - a Postmodern Case Study (or for and Against Foucault; 'Strange' Men - from Sex to Sex Killers in the 'Age of Sex Crime'; Putting Men on the Agenda: Racialising Sexual Violence; Naming and Un-naming Men's Violence - 'Domestic' Violence' and other Discursive Strategies; The 'Discovery and 'Rediscovery' of Child (Sexual) Assault; The 'Woman Question' in Sexed Crime: Woman as Victim/Killer/Agent.