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- Explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and legal change
- Poses difficult questions, such as why did Australia not act more firmly to eradicate rape and child sexual abuse
- Looks to the future, questioning whether despite significant legal progress, sexual violence remains insurmountable
Part of the book series: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence (WHCCV)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Lisa Featherstone
About the author
Lisa Featherstone is an Australian historian and Head of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia. Her work focuses on sexuality, medicine and the law. She is interested in the ways these authoritative discourses intersect around the body, in particular around sexual violence. Featherstone has published widely on sexual crimes, including child sexual abuse and rape in marriage. She is the author of two previous monographs, Let’s Talk About Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia from Federation to the Pill, and Sex Crimes in the 1950s (co-authored with Andy Kaladelfos). The latter was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Prize. She has published extensively in international and local journals in history and gender studies, including articles in Gender and History, Women’s History Review, Feminist Legal Studies, Australian Historical Studies and The Journal of the History of Sexuality.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s
Book Subtitle: Rape and Child Sexual Abuse
Authors: Lisa Featherstone
Series Title: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73310-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73309-4Published: 29 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73312-4Published: 29 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73310-0Published: 28 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2730-9630
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 304
Topics: History, general, Modern History, Legal History, Crime and Society