This book is both a detailed study of criminal acts involving Australian women since 1880 and a feminist analysis of their social and political significance. Based on previously unpublished archival documents, including court reports, coroners' reports, and those of prisons and child welfare organizations, Allen's findings show that infanticide, prostitution, and sexual and other assaults nvolving women have been much more prevalent than generally believed. Contending that this lack of official attention is due to the ...
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This book is both a detailed study of criminal acts involving Australian women since 1880 and a feminist analysis of their social and political significance. Based on previously unpublished archival documents, including court reports, coroners' reports, and those of prisons and child welfare organizations, Allen's findings show that infanticide, prostitution, and sexual and other assaults nvolving women have been much more prevalent than generally believed. Contending that this lack of official attention is due to the crimes' connection with the sexual relationships between men and women, Allen demonstrates that such a false perception of their incidence has disguised their significance in the processes of social change that have occured over the last century. This study will be of particular value for courses in women's studies, criminology, and the sociology of law and of gender.
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Add this copy of Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving Australian Women to cart. $75.96, good condition, Sold by Logical Unsanity Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Woolloongabba, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1990 by Oxford University Press.
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Good Condition. 19.5cm x 12.5cm. xii, 290 pages. Illustrated wrappers. "These crimes involving women and their sexual relationships with men have been shrouded in secrecy which has not only created a false perception of their incidence but has disguised their significance in the processes of social change which have occurred over the last century. Allen redresses the balance by providing both a detailed study of criminal acts involving women since 1880 and a feminist analysis of their social and political significance." (from publisher's blurb) Creasing to spine. Foxing to edges. Previous owner's name, very minor underlining. Shipped Weight: .33 kilos. ISBN: 0195548396. ISBN/EAN: 9780195548396.
Add this copy of Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving Australian Women to cart. $77.04, very good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by OUP Australia and New Zealand.
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Add this copy of Sex and Secrets: Crimes Involving Australian Women to cart. $84.73, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Oxford University Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9780195548396.
