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TY - CHAP
T1 - The "higher" age of consent and the concept of sexual exploitation
AU - Gillespie, Alisdair Allan
AU - Ost, Suzanne
PY - 2016/10/28
Y1 - 2016/10/28
N2 - Whilst it is often said that the age of consent in England & Wales is 16 this is not always true. In some situations it is 18. This chapter considers the extent to which this higher age is justified and whether it would be better to create a new, stand-alone offence to tackle abuses of a position of trust.
AB - Whilst it is often said that the age of consent in England & Wales is 16 this is not always true. In some situations it is 18. This chapter considers the extent to which this higher age is justified and whether it would be better to create a new, stand-alone offence to tackle abuses of a position of trust.
KW - Sexual Offences
KW - Sexual exploitation
KW - Child sexual offences
KW - abuse of a position of trust
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781472469953
T3 - Substantive Issues in Criminal Law
SP - 161
EP - 176
BT - Consent
A2 - Reed, Alan
A2 - Bohlander, Michael
A2 - Wake, Nicola
A2 - Smith, Emma
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -