| Description |
xx, 216 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Queer action/queer ideas
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Queer action/queer ideas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the historical stage : colonial legacies -- Gleeful gay killers, lethal lesbians, & deceptive gender benders : queer criminal archetypes -- The ghosts of Stonewall : policing gender, policing sex -- Objection! treatment of queers in criminal courts -- Caging deviance : prisons as queer spaces -- False promises : criminal legal responses to violence against LGBT people -- Over the rainbow : where do we go from here?. |
| Summary |
Draws on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy to present an examination of the gay experience, illustrating the continuing punishment of gay expression in the United States and illuminating strategies for change. |
| Subject |
Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Gays -- Violence against -- United States.
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Gays -- Violence against. |
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Hate crimes -- United States.
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Hate crimes. |
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Homophobia -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Homophobia -- Law and legislation. |
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Homosexuals. |
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Hate crimes. |
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Homophobia. |
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Anti-gay violence. |
| Added Author |
Ritchie, Andrea J.
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Whitlock, Kay.
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| Added Title |
Queer injustice |
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Queer justice |
| ISBN |
9780807051160 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0807051160 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780807051153 paperback |
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0807051152 paperback |
| Standard No. |
3497606 |
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