Against the Stream: lowering the age of sexual consent

Lowering the legal age of sexual consent would decriminalise a large number of ‘underage’ young people engaging in sexual intercourse. The arguments against such a change in the law are summarised and shown to lack validity. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Graham, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Special Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30025549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2017.26
Descripción
Sumario:Lowering the legal age of sexual consent would decriminalise a large number of ‘underage’ young people engaging in sexual intercourse. The arguments against such a change in the law are summarised and shown to lack validity. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.

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