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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132418903321

Autore

Stewart Christine, legal officer

Titolo

Name, shame and blame : criminalising consensual sex in Papau New Guinea / / Christine Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2014

Canberra, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781925021226

9781925021219

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 368 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

176

Soggetti

Sexual consent - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea

Prostitution - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea

Prostitution - Law and legislation

Homosexuality - Law and legislation - Papua New Guinea

Homosexuality - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (pages 321 -368)

Nota di contenuto

Prologue. The Perfect Storm -- 1. Through the Window -- 2. From the Bush -- 3. In the Courtroom -- 4. On the Streets -- 5. In Trouble -- 6. At the Intersection -- 7. Where to Now? -- Appendix 1. Respondents -- Appendix 2. Sample Antecedent Report -- Appendix 3. Review of Homosexuality Cases -- Appendix 4. Summary of Sentences.

Sommario/riassunto

Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law system was imposed on the colonies with little regard for the social regulation and belief systems of the colonised, and in most instances, was retained and developed post-Independence, regardless of the infringements of human rights involved.



This book is an exceptional contribution to our knowledge of the nexus between the criminal law and negative attitudes of society, and what effects criminalization has on the social lives of prostitutes and males who have sex with males, and whether these effects might provide evidence to support the argument for law reform.