Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s-1980s: Rape and Child Sexual Abuse

by Lisa Featherstone

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030733122
• ISBN13: 9783030733124
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"