Policing Sex

This collection of Australian and international essays explores the policing of consensual sexual practices: how the police intervene in private lives. Chapters include: The Changing Landscape of Policing Male Sexualities: A Minor Revolution?, by Leslie J. Moran; The Enforcers of Morality?, by Paul Johnson; Heterosexuality, Public Places and Policing, by Chris Ashford; Sex and Sexuality Under Surveillance: Lenses and Binary Frames, by Kevin Walby and Andre Smith; Policing 'Beats' in Australia, by Derek Dalton; Pornography, Policing and Censorship, by Murray Perkins; Policing Obscenity, by Dave McDonald; Sexting, Intimacy and Criminal Acts: Translating Teenage Sexualities, by Jo Moran-Ellis; Policing Commercial 'Sex Work' in England and Wales, by Teela Sanders; The 'Problem of Tabletop Dancing', by Antonia Quadara; and, Regulating Adult Work in Canada: The Role of Criminal and Municipal Code, by Mary Laing.