
Queer (In)Justice
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Beacon Press
Published on 24. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8070-5115-3 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking work that turns a "queer eye" on the criminal legal system
Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences as "suspects," defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes-from "gleeful gay killers" and "lethal lesbians" to "disease spreaders" and "deceptive gender benders"-to illustrate the punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was ever committed. Tracing stories from the streets to the bench to behind prison bars, the authors prove that the policing of sex and gender both bolsters and reinforces racial and gender inequalities.
An eye-opening study of LGBTQ rights and equality, Queer (In)Justice illuminates and challenges the many ways in which queer lives are criminalized, policed, and punished.
Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences as "suspects," defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes-from "gleeful gay killers" and "lethal lesbians" to "disease spreaders" and "deceptive gender benders"-to illustrate the punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was ever committed. Tracing stories from the streets to the bench to behind prison bars, the authors prove that the policing of sex and gender both bolsters and reinforces racial and gender inequalities.
An eye-opening study of LGBTQ rights and equality, Queer (In)Justice illuminates and challenges the many ways in which queer lives are criminalized, policed, and punished.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-5115-3 (9780807051153)
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Joey Mogul | Andrea Ritchie | Kay Whitlock
Queer (In)Justice
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
E-Book
02/2011
1st Edition
Beacon Press
€19.49
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Persons
Joey L. Mogul is a partner at the People’s Law Office in Chicago and director of the Civil Rights Clinic at DePaul University’s College of Law. Andrea J. Ritchie is a police misconduct attorney and organizer in New York City. Kay Whitlock is a Montana-based organizer and writer whose work focuses on dismantling structural injustice in law enforcement and other public institutions.
Content
A Note from the Series Editor (Michael Bronski)
Introduction
1 Setting the Historical Stage: Colonial Legacies
2 Gleeful Gay Killers, Lethal Lesbians, and Deceptive Gender Benders: Queer Criminal Archetypes
3 The Ghosts of Stonewall: Policing Gender, Policing Sex
4 Objection! Treatment of Queers in Criminal Courts
5 Caging Deviance: Prisons as Queer Spaces
6 False Promises: Criminal Legal Responses to Violence against LGBT People
7 Over the Rainbow: Where Do We Go from Here?
Acknowledgments
For Further Reading
Notes
Index