Myth of the Queer Criminal

Zusatztext "This book is a major achievement. Drawing from an incredible array of sources! including academic research! literature! and popular culture! Jeffrey P. Dennis paints a vivid portrait of the queer criminal! detailing the many guises in which queer criminality has appeared for over a century! up to the present day. Ambitious in scope! The Myth of the Queer Criminal provides a significant contribution to the queer criminological literature and to LGBT studies! and is necessary reading for those interested in the social and legal regulation of queer people."Matthew Ball! Senior Lecturer! School of Justice! Faculty of Law! Queensland University of Technology Brisbane! Australia Informationen zum Autor Jeffery P. Dennis is an Assistant Professor of Corrections at Minnesota State University! Mankato! USA. His research interests include LGBT issues in criminology and corrections and juvenile delinquency among LGBT youth. His books include Queering Teen Culture (2006) and We Boys Together: Teenagers in Love Before Girl-Craziness (2007). Zusammenfassung The Myth of the Queer Criminal documents over a century of writings by sociologists, psychologists, criminologists, and forensic scientists, in Europe and the United States, who asserted that LGBT persons were innately and uniquely criminal. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Pederasts 2. Inverts 3. Degenerates 4. Psychopaths 5. Pansies 6. Traitors 7. Delinquents 8. Deviants 9. Militants 10. Derelicts Index

Product details

• Authors: Dennis, Jeffery Dennis, Jeffery P Dennis, Jeffery P. Dennis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138052253
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05225-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics