- 580 pages
- English
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About this book
A City Possessed is the harrowing account of one of New Zealand's most high-profile criminal cases–a story of child sexual abuse allegations, gender politics and the law. In detailing the events that led up to and surrounded the allegations made against several staff of the Christchurch Civic Cre`che, author Lynley Hood shows how and why such a case could happen. Her penetrating analysis of the social and legal processes by which the conviction of Peter Ellis was obtained, and repeatedly upheld, raises major issues for our justice system and the way we see ourselves. Peter Ellis served seven years of a 10-year jail sentence for abusing seven children at the Christchurch Civic Cre`che. He has always maintained his innocence, and has gained widespread support for what many see as a miscarriage of justice. This paperback edition comes at a time when Peter Ellis and the Christchurch Civic Cre`che case have returned to public attention.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Publisher’s Note
- Author’s Note
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1. What’s the Problem?
- 2. Sex, Sexism and the New Demonology
- 3. Crimen Exceptum
- 4. Christchurch Possessed
- 5. And a Little Child Shall Mislead Them
- 6. A Complaint Has Been Made
- 7. Parents in Terror of Abuse Discovery
- 8. The Whole Crèche Thing Has Blown Up
- 9. They Were All Under Suspicion
- 10. Depositions
- 11. Pre-trial Manoeuvres
- 12. The Trial
- 13. The Aftermath
- 14. The Royal Prerogative of Mercy
- 15. Doing Justice
- 16. ‘It is a Case that Simply Will Not Go Away’
- References
- Index
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