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6 - Procuring Sex

from Part II - Sex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2024

Chloë Kennedy
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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This chapter analyses crimes involving procuring sex, including procuring sex by deception. It argues that to appreciate the nature of these offences, and their place within this book, it is necessary both to understand how the verb ‘to procure’ was interpreted, including when and why it required deception, and to pay attention to the acts whose procurement was proscribed by law. The chapter provides elucidation on both fronts, showing how the procuring offences were geared towards prohibiting ‘illicit’ (i.e., immoral) sexual activities and therefore criminalised the use of deception to lure others into committing such acts. In demonstrating this point, the chapter argues that a culturally sensitive vision of what makes intimacy valuable shaped and constrained the use of the procuring offences. Finally, the chapter argues that the demise of the procuring offences set the stage for the expansion of the crime of rape by deception and that examining how the procuring offences worked yields important lessons for those attempting to engage critically with this development.

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Inducing Intimacy
Deception, Consent and the Law
, pp. 144 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Procuring Sex
  • Chloë Kennedy, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Inducing Intimacy
  • Online publication: 26 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009361095.008
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  • Procuring Sex
  • Chloë Kennedy, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Inducing Intimacy
  • Online publication: 26 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009361095.008
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  • Procuring Sex
  • Chloë Kennedy, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Inducing Intimacy
  • Online publication: 26 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009361095.008
Available formats
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