Overview

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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Paul Johnson (University of York, UK) ,  Derek Dalton (Flinders University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780415668064

ISBN 10:   0415668069
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   17 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Paul Johnson and Derek Dalton 1. The Changing Landscape of Policing Male Sexualities: A Minor Revolution? Leslie J. Moran 2. The Enforcers of Morality? Paul Johnson 3. Heterosexuality Public Places and Policing Chris Ashford 4. Sex and Sexuality Under Surveillance: Lenses and Binary Frames Kevin Walby and André Smith 5. Policing ‘Beats’ in Australia Derek Dalton 6. Pornography, Policing and Censorship Murray Perkins 7. Policing Obscenity Dave McDonald 8. Sexting, Intimacy and Criminal Acts: Translating Teenage Sexualities Jo Moran-Ellis 9. Policing Commercial ‘Sex Work’ in England and Wales Teela Sanders 10. The ‘Problem of Tabletop Dancing’ Antonia Quadara 11. Regulating Adult Work in Canada: The Role of Criminal and Municipal Code Mary Laing

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'...in what can only be described as the intellectual Fifty Shades of Grey, [Policing Sex] stares the policing prude firmly in the eye and offers a no-holds-barred exploration into the policing of consensual sexual activity. ...the authors [...] draw upon a wide range of authoritative sources, policy direction, legislation and empiricism to collectively bring together a set of critically robust chapters that should be commended for igniting debates on hitherto neglected areas of policing studies ... Policing Sex is a book that I would recommend to academics, students and senior police practitioners alike. It strikes a sound balance between theory, policy and practice and successfully illustrates the intellectual and operational complexities and realities faced by those who are concerned with this area of policing that are often overlooked.' Matthew Jones , Policing and Society (2013): Policing sex, Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.844136.

Author Information

Paul Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. His current research focuses on the relationship between law, sexuality and social control. Derek Dalton is Senior Lecturer at the Flinders University Law School in Australia where he teaches in the Criminal Justice program. His research interests cluster around the historic criminalisation of homosexuality and contemporary issues surrounding the policing of sexual conduct in public.

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