Sex panic and the punitive state [electronic resource] / Roger N. Lancaster.
One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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| Summary: | One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends astute analysis, robust polemic, ethnography, and personal narrative to delve into the complicated relationship between sexuality and punishment in our society. Drawing on classical social science, critical legal studies, and queer theory, he tracks the rise of a modern suburban culture of fear and d. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520948211 0520948211 1283277484 9781283277488 9786613277480 6613277487 |