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Throughout the nineteenth century and twentieth century, various
attempts were made to define and control problematic behaviour in
public by legal and legislative means through the use of a somewhat
nebulous concept of 'indecency'. Remarkably however, public
indecency remains a much under-researched aspect of English legal,
social and criminal justice history. Covering a period of just over
a century, from 1857 (the date of the passing of the first Obscene
Publications Act) to 1960 (the date of the famous trial of Penguin
Books over their publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover following
the introduction of a new Obscene Publications Act in the previous
year), Public Indecency in England investigates the social and
cultural obsession with various forms of indecency and how public
perceptions of different types of indecent behaviour led to legal
definitions of such behaviour in both common law and statute. This
truly interdisciplinary book utilises socio-legal, historical and
criminological research to discuss the practical response of both
the police and the judiciary to those caught engaging in public
indecency, as well as to highlight the increasing problems faced by
moralists during a period of unprecedented technological
developments in the fields of visual and aural mass entertainment.
It is written in a lively and approachable style and, as such, is
of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of
deviance, law, criminology, sociology, criminal justice,
socio-legal studies, and history. It will also be of interest to
the general reader.
Throughout the nineteenth century and twentieth century, various
attempts were made to define and control problematic behaviour in
public by legal and legislative means through the use of a somewhat
nebulous concept of 'indecency'. Remarkably however, public
indecency remains a much under-researched aspect of English legal,
social and criminal justice history. Covering a period of just over
a century, from 1857 (the date of the passing of the first Obscene
Publications Act) to 1960 (the date of the famous trial of Penguin
Books over their publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover following
the introduction of a new Obscene Publications Act in the previous
year), Public Indecency in England investigates the social and
cultural obsession with various forms of indecency and how public
perceptions of different types of indecent behaviour led to legal
definitions of such behaviour in both common law and statute. This
truly interdisciplinary book utilises socio-legal, historical and
criminological research to discuss the practical response of both
the police and the judiciary to those caught engaging in public
indecency, as well as to highlight the increasing problems faced by
moralists during a period of unprecedented technological
developments in the fields of visual and aural mass entertainment.
It is written in a lively and approachable style and, as such, is
of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of
deviance, law, criminology, sociology, criminal justice,
socio-legal studies, and history. It will also be of interest to
the general reader.
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