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Strangers in Our Midst : Sexual Deviancy in Postwar Ontario.

Chenier, Elise.

Strangers in Our Midst : Sexual Deviancy in Postwar Ontario. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (315 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: 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 -- PART TWO: PRACTICES -- 4 The Mad and the Bad: Treating Sexual Deviation -- 5 Sex Deviant Treatment in Ontario Prisons -- 6 Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Limits of Forensic Sexology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Illustrations.

Strangers in Our Midstoffers 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.

9781442689220


Electronic books.

HV6593.C2.C446 2008

364.15360971309045

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