Description of the different ways in which lives of LGBT individuals in the US are criminalized, policed, and punished. The authors describe queer criminal archetypes, such as 'gleeful gay killers', 'lethal lesbians', 'disease spreaders', and 'deceptive gender benders'. They exp…
"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 lesbian…
"From the beginning, evasions, hedging, deceptive rhetoric, trap doors, backroom reversals, hidden agendas, and slippery 'success' indicators have been built into the misleading and false promises of sweeping criminal justice reform. In the wake of the 2020 protests of racist st…
Introduction : world-making and "criminal justice reform" -- Correctional control and the challenge of reform -- Follow the money -- Criminalization, policing, and profiling -- The slippery slope of pretrial reform -- Courts, sentencing, and "diversion" -- Imprisonment and relea…
"From the beginning, evasions, hedging, deceptive rhetoric, trap doors, backroom reversals, hidden agendas, and slippery 'success' indicators have been built into the misleading and false promises of sweeping criminal justice reform. In the wake of the 2020 protests of racist st…
"From the beginning, evasions, hedging, deceptive rhetoric, trap doors, backroom reversals, hidden agendas, and slippery 'success' indicators have been built into the misleading and false promises of sweeping criminal justice reform. In the wake of the 2020 protests of racist st…