Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Series Editor’s Preface

pp ix-ix

Notes on Contributors

pp x-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xiv

Foreword by Kirsty Keywood and Margaret Flynn

pp xv-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part I - Legal Developments

pp 15-16

1 - Historical Perspectives on Law, Sexual Intimacy and Capacity

pp 17-37

2 - Sexual Capacity: Are There Questions the Law Should Not Ask?

pp 38-59

3 - Capacity to Consent to Sex in the Civil and Criminal Law: Blurring the Boundaries

pp 60-84

4 - Reflections from Practice: The Practicalities of Assessing Sexual Mental Capacity

pp 85-90

Part II - The Law in Practice

pp 91-92

5 - Where Is the Love? Promoting a Rights-based, Person-centred and Relational Approach to Social Work Practice

pp 93-117

6 - Promoting Human Rights around Intimacy for People Living with Dementia: A Psychiatric Perspective

pp 118-144

7 - “I just felt that I was somebody who was there to be abused”: A Sociological Analysis of Structural Causes for Delayed Naming of Sexual Violence at the Intersection of Disability and Gender

pp 145-176

8 - Reflections from Practice: The Legal Labyrinth of Sexual Capacity – Balancing Rights with Risks

pp 177-186

Conclusion

pp 187-195

Index

pp 196-202