Sexuality Repositioned

Belinda Brooks-Gordon is a Lecturer in Psychology at Birkbeck College University of London. Loraine Gelsthorpe is a Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College. Martin Johnson is Professor of Reproductive Sciences in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. Introduction: Reflections on Sexuality RepositionedLORAINE GELSTHORPEPart 1: Sexuality and Society2. The Rights and Wrongs of SexualityJEFFREY WEEKS3. Social Worlds, Social Change and the Rise of the New Sexualities TheoriesKEN PLUMMER4. New Battlegrounds: Genetic Maps and Sexual PoliticsLYNNE SEGAL5. Sexuality, Desire and Embodied Performances in the WorkplaceLINDA MCDOWELL6. Sexuality and Same-Sex Relationships in LawCRAIG LIND7. Intersecting Oppressions: Ending Discrimination Against Lesbians, Gay Men and Trans People in the UKZOË-JANE PLAYDONPart 2: The Development of Sexuality: Contemporary Debates8. A Biological Perspective on Human SexualityMARTIN H. JOHNSON9. Men, Women, People: The Definition of SexPAK-LEE CHAU AND JONATHAN HERRING10. The Development of SexualityJULIE A. JESSOP11. Sexual Health and Young People: the Contribution and Role of PsychologyROGER INGHAMPart 3: ‘Problematic’ and Prohibited Sexuality12. Reforming the Law on Sexual OffencesANDREW BAINHAM AND BELINDA BROOKS-GORDON13. Unnatural Acts: Sexuality, Film, and the LawANDREW WEBBER14. The Sexual Abuse of ChildrenMICHAEL FREEMAN15. The Care Standards Tribunal: The Correct BalanceDAVID PEARL16. The Sexual Zone Between Childhood and the Age of Majority: Claims to Sexual Freedoms Versus Protectionist PoliciesKERRY PETERSEN17. Regulating Sex: Young People, Prostitution and Policy ReformJOANNA PHOENIX18. Sexual Offenders: A Systematic Review of Psychological Treatment InterventionsBELINDA BROOKS-GORDON, CHARLOTTE BILBY AND TRACEY KENWORTHY

...wide-ranging, detailed and lengthy...the book as a whole hangs together well, and the organization of the chapters gives it a logical structure...This is a book with something for everyone, and will encourage cross-disciplinary debates and discussions. Susie Scott Social and Legal Studies, 15 (I) March 2006 ...a challenging and thought provoking contribution to the social and academic debates surrounding sexuality and the law. Graham Baxendale, University of Southampton Criminal Justice, The International Journal of Policy and Practice November 2005