Jailbait: the politics of statutory rape laws in the United States

Preface

Introduction

Statutory rape laws in historical context

Robbing the cradle: age-span provisions decriminalize teen sex

Prosecuting Mrs. Robinson: gender-neutral statutory rape laws

From "welfare queen" to "exploited teen": targeting the partners of pregnant females

Conclusion

Appendix. Theory and method: state politics, pooled cross-sectional time series, and case studies.