Consent, Stealthing and Desire-Based Contracting in the Criminal Law

ISBN-13: 9780367761233 / Miękka / 2023 / 136 str.

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Opis

Consent, Stealthing and Desire-Based Contracting in the Criminal Law examines the inconsistencies in the definitions of consent in sexual encounters by examining emerging sex crimes alongside changing community values and the changing legal definitions of consent in sexual offending, focusing on common law and civil law countries.

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF CONSENT

CHAPTER 2: CONSENT AS A MODERN CONSTRUCTION?

CHAPTER 3: STEALTHING

CHAPTER 4: DESIRE BASED CONTRACTING, BDSM, AND CONSENT

CHAPTER 5: CONSENT CONCLUDED?

O autorze

Brianna Chesser, is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice at RMIT University. Dr Chesser is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia. She is also a practicing Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a Forensic Psychology Registrar, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dr Chesser is the Principal Solicitor of Chesser Lawyers, practicing predominantly in criminal law, and she is the Principal Clinical Psychologist of Invoke Psychology.

Nadia David, is an Associate Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Criminology at RMIT University and is currently undertaking a PhD at Monash University looking at concepts of consent in the criminal law. A lawyer and former police officer and Commonwealth public servant, Nadia is now the Co-convenor for the Victorian EMILY’s List Action Group and is working on her first crime novel from her home in north-east Victoria.

April Zahra, is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and is a Lawyer at Slater and Gordon Lawyers. April Zahra completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Global Studies (Honours) at Australian Catholic University. April completed her Honour’s dissertation on elements of consent and the criminal law and has published in this area.