TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hood, Lynley,
TI  - A city possessed: the Christchurch Civic Crèche case : child abuse, gender politics and the law 
SN  - 1877135623 (hbk.) :
U1  - 364.1536099383 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Dunedin, N.Z.
PB  - Longacre Press
KW  - Ellis, Peter
KW  - Christchurch Civic Crèche
KW  - Child sexual abuse
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Christchurch
KW  - Trials (Child sexual abuse)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-657) and index
N2  - '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
ER  -