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Publication details [#26982]

MacMartin, Clare. 2002. (Un)reasonable doubt? The invocation of children's consent in sexual abuse trial judgments. Discourse & Society 13 (1) : 9–40.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agreeing | child | discourse analysis | law | sex

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0957-9265

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores the introduction of the notion of consent in offense description of child abuse and in current trial decisions under Canadian law, recommending the incorporation of alternative conceptions of abuse.