Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action)

Mogul, Joey, Ritchie, Andrea, Whitlock, Kay

ISBN 10: 0807051160 / ISBN 13: 9780807051160

Published by Beacon Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action)
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807051160
• ISBN 13: 9780807051160
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system, and winner of the 2011 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
 
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--like "gleeful gay killers," "lethal lesbians," "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. A groundbreaking work that turns a "queer eye" on the criminal legal system, Queer (In)Justice illuminates and challenges the many ways in which queer lives are criminalized, policed, and punished. 

About the Author

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.