A city possessed : the Christchurch Civic Crèche case : child abuse, gender politics and the law / Lynley Hood.

By:

Hood, Lynley, 1942- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : Longacre Press, 2001.Description: 672 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1877135623 (hbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

364.1536099383 21

Awards:

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, 2002
Montana New Zealand Book Awards Readers' Choice Award, 2002
Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana History, 2002

Summary: 'A City Possessed' is a strong, compelling and shocking story about one of New Zealand's most high-profile criminal cases - a story of child abuse allegations, gender politics and the law. In detailing the events and debates leading up to and surrounding the Christchurch Civic Creche case, Lynley Hood shows how such a case could happen, and why. Her penetrating analysis of the social and legal processes by which the conviction of Peter Ellis was obtained, and has been repeatedly upheld, has far-reaching implications - not only for our justice system, but for the way in which we see ourselves.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	364.15 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A0029938X

Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-657) and index.

'A City Possessed' is a strong, compelling and shocking story about one of New Zealand's most high-profile criminal cases - a story of child abuse allegations, gender politics and the law. In detailing the events and debates leading up to and surrounding the Christchurch Civic Creche case, Lynley Hood shows how such a case could happen, and why. Her penetrating analysis of the social and legal processes by which the conviction of Peter Ellis was obtained, and has been repeatedly upheld, has far-reaching implications - not only for our justice system, but for the way in which we see ourselves.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, 2002

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Readers' Choice Award, 2002

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana History, 2002

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