Crimes Related to Sexuality and Reproduction

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Abstract

This essay discusses the history of criminalized sexuality, primarily focusing on the ways in which this subject was dealt with in Europe between the sixteenth and twentieth century. It concentrates on three main themes within this field: the question of what constituted condoned and proscribed aspects of sexuality in this period, prostitution, and crimes relating to reproduction. In emphasising the cultural, geographic, and temporal specificities of how and why types of sexual and reproductive behavior might be labelled as either “normal” or “deviant,” such as same-sex desire or terminating a pregnancy, the essay cautions against making generalizations about sexuality and crime in particular regions or time periods and ultimately questions whether sexuality is a useful category of analysis.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime
EditorsRosemary Gartner, Bill McCarthy
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP)
Chapter13
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print) 9780199838707
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2014

Publication series

NameOxford Handbooks
PublisherOxford University Press

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