Children, Sexuality, and the Law

American political and legal culture is uncomfortable with children's sexuality. While aware that sexual expression is a necessary part of human development, law rarely contemplates the complex ways in which it interacts with children and sexuality. Just as the law circumscribes children to a narrow range of roles--either as entirely sexless beings or victims or objects of harmful adult sexual conduct--so too does society tend to discount the notion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814723853
• ISBN13: 9780814723852
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"