Paedophiles in Society
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- Synopsis
- Academic and cultural understandings of paedophilia tend to diverge into a 'sexual liberation' discourse and a 'child protection' discourse, each missing important insights from the other. This book goes beyond radical and conservative debates to set out a new understanding, arguing that paedophiles are not 'outside' culture or society but are part of our everyday human existence - and that sexual attraction to children is part of human sexuality. Firmlyplacing the needs and wellbeing of children first, Sarah Goode's work is a challenging and thought-provoking response to contemporary anxieties over paedophilia and child sexual abuse. It addresses the need for information on paedophiles which does not assume that they are monsters, mad, evil or 'other' and which seeks to locate paedophiles in their everyday context, in society, arguing that thesenew understandingsoffer new ways to protect children from harm. "
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780230317093
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Addition:
- 03/22/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.