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Chenier Elise Rose <1967-> |
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Strangers in our midst : sexual deviancy in postwar Ontario / / Elise Chenier |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9151-4 |
1-4426-8922-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Gender and History ; ; 32 |
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Soggetti |
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Sex crimes - Ontario - History - 20th century |
Paraphilias - Ontario - History - 20th century |
Sex offenders - Ontario - History - 20th century |
Paraphilias - Treatment - Ontario - History - 20th century |
Sex and law |
Sex |
History |
Electronic books. |
Ontario |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Theories -- 1. Criminal Sexual Psychopathy: The Birth of a Legal Concept -- 2. Social Citizenship and Sexual Danger -- 3. Surveying Sex: The Royal Commission on the Criminal Law Relating to Criminal Sexual Psychopaths -- pt. 2. Practices -- 4. Mad and the Bad: Treating Sexual Deviation -- 5. Sex Deviant Treatment in Ontario Prisons -- 6. Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Limits of Forensic Sexology. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Strangers in Our Midst offers an original critical analysis of the rise of sexological thinking in Canada, and shows how what was conceived as a humane alternative to traditional punishment could be put into practice in inhumane ways. |
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