Sexual citizens: Legislating the age of consent in Britain

Politics of sexuality: Identity, gender, citizenship

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-35

  Waites, Matthew ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203169445-10     Document Type: Chapter

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