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Title Handbook of LGBT communities, crime, and justice / Dana Peterson, Vanessa R. Panfil, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Springer, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (581 pages)
text rdacontent
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online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Section 1: Introduction and Overview.- Introduction -- 'Queering' Criminology and the State of the Field -- Section 2: Crime, Victimization, and LGBTQ Communities -- Prevalence and Incidence of Anti-Gay Hate Crime and Harassment -- Bullying and Suicide Risk -- Gay Gang-and Crime-Involved Men's Responses to Anti-Gay Harassment and Threats of Violence -- Sri Lankan Nachchi Sex Workers' Experiences and Responses to Descrimination -- Same-Sex Domestic Violence -- Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Street Harassment -- Section 3: The Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems and LGBTQ Communities -- Police Relationships with LGBTQ Populations -- Police Abuses Against Transgender Sex Workers -- Gays and Lesbians on Trial -- Courts, Corrections, and Individuals Who Are Transgender -- LGBTQ Youth and Adults in Juvenile and Adult Facilities -- Legislative Changes and Effects on LGBTQ Individuals -- Criminal Justice Responses to Lesbians and Gays in the Global Context -- Section 4: Crime, Public Health, and LGBTQ Communities -- Unprotected Sex in Sex Work -- The Nexus of Drug Use, Prostitution, and Homelessness Among LGBTQ Youth and Adults -- Criminalization of HIV/AIDS Transmission -- Nexus of Crime and Health Issues -- Conclusion.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 9, 2014).
Subject Sexual minorities.
Criminology.
Developmental psychology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Peterson, Dana.
Panfil, Vanessa R.
ISBN 9781461491880 (e-book)
9781461491873

 
    
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