Abstract
Over the past few decades, many national jurisdictions on the european continent have revised their age of consent legislation. A comparison of the age of consent laws of 59 jurisdictions in 2004 and 2016 revealed three important developments to have taken place during the past 12 years. The first trend – to raise the general age of consent and abolish very low ages of consent (
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 14-42 |
| Journal | New Journal of European Criminal Law |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |