This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or exploitative behaviour among peers, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and primary research. Discussion of these behaviours is exhibited against a backdrop of the premature cultural sexualisation of contemporary childhood, which challenges traditional conceptions of childhood, victimhood and gendered sexual identities more broadly. It examines the complexities of peer-based sexual behaviours in a range of settings, including within organisational contexts such as schools and care homes, within families and peer-based relationships, as well as online contexts including sexting and cyberbullying. It draws out the myriad legal, practical and policy challenges of negotiating the boundaries between normal/experimental, risky/problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, and in particular the demarcation between coercion and consent, both for professionals as well as children and young people themselves.
| ISBN: | 9781316507988 |
| Publication date: | 26th November 2020 |
| Author: | AnneMarie Queens University Belfast McAlinden |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 372 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Juvenile offenders Law and society, sociology of law Sexual abuse and harassment |
This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or exploitative behaviour among peers, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and primary research. Discussion of these behaviours is exhibited against a backdrop of the premature cultural sexualisation of contemporary childhood, which challenges traditional conceptions of childhood, victimhood and gendered sexual identities more broadly. It examines the complexities of peer-based sexual behaviours in a range of settings, including within organisational contexts such as schools and care homes, within families and peer-based relationships, as well as online contexts including sexting and cyberbullying. It draws out the myriad legal, practical and policy challenges of negotiating the boundaries between normal/experimental, risky/problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, and in particular the demarcation between coercion and consent, both for professionals as well as children and young people themselves.
Children as ‘Risk' features in the following genres: Juvenile offenders, Law and society, sociology of law, Sexual abuse and harassment
Children as ‘Risk' is available in Paperback, Hardback
Children as ‘Risk' was written by AnneMarie Queens University Belfast McAlinden and published by Cambridge University Press
Children as ‘Risk' has 372 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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