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Title:
Sex panic and the punitive state
Author:
Lancaster, Roger N.
ISBN:
9780520948211
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Abstract:
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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