Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s

Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s
Author :
Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783030733100
ISBN-13 : 3030733106
Rating : 4/5 (106 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s by : Lisa Featherstone

Download or read book Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s written by Lisa Featherstone and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and legal change. Driven by the sexual revolutions, second wave feminism, and ideas of the rights of the child, there was a new public interest in the sexual assault of women and children. Sexual abuse was studied, surveyed and discussed more than ever before in Australian society. Yet, despite this, there remained substantial inaction, by government, from community and on the part of individuals. This book examines several difficult questions of our recent history: why did Australia not act more firmly to eradicate rape and child sexual abuse? What prevented our culture from looking seriously at trauma? How did we fail to protect victim-survivors? Rich in social and legal history, this study takes readers into the world of victims of sexual crime, and into the wider community that had to deal with sexual violence. At the core of this book is the question that resonates deeply right now: why does sexual violence appear seemingly insurmountable, despite significant change?


Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s Related Books

Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s–1980s
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Lisa Featherstone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-28 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and legal change. Driven by the sexual revolutions,
Sexual Violence in Australia
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Bree Cook
Categories: Offenses against the person
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This report summarises current knowledge about sexual violence in Australia, including existing data on sexual offenders; some of the programs aimed at preventi
Image-based Sexual Abuse
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Nicola Henry
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era. Image-based sexual abuse refers to the taking or sharing of nud
Gender Violence in Australia
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Alana Piper
Categories: Women
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and economic advances
Rethinking the Victim
Language: en
Pages: 401
Authors: Anne Brewster
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-18 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is the first to examine gender and violence in Australian literature. It argues that literary texts by Australian women writers offer unique ways of u