Queer Criminology
- LAST REVIEWED: 25 September 2018
- LAST MODIFIED: 25 September 2018
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195396607-0256
- LAST REVIEWED: 25 September 2018
- LAST MODIFIED: 25 September 2018
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195396607-0256
Introduction
Relative to other criminologies, queer criminology is still in its infancy and has only really flourished in the 21st century. Thus, the field is still in the process of forming a coherent identity and agenda. Presently, however, it is evident that queer criminology seeks primarily to do two things. First, it strives to put lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people at the center of criminological inquiry, moving away from the practice of “add queer and stir.” Just as feminist criminology emerged as a response to “add women and stir” approaches to research about gender and crime, queer criminology contends that LGBTQ identities are far too complex to be understood simply as additional variables alongside other demographic characteristics in traditional research. Second, queer criminologists seek to understand and challenge the ways that the criminal legal system is used to enforce and maintain heteronormativity and gender role conformity. In the spirit of critical criminology, many queer scholars contend that to understand the queer experience one must understand how homophobia and transphobia, white supremacy, and class inequalities have impacted rule making, rule breaking, and rule enforcement and how the intersections of one’s identities shapes experiences within the criminal legal system as offenders, victims, and practitioners. This bibliography seeks not to provide a complete list of books, chapters, articles, and agencies that might be considered contributions to queer criminology, but rather to offer a sampling of the variety of work that constitutes queer criminological thought and research.
General Overviews
Though Ferrell and Sanders 1995 called for the development of a queer criminology in the 1990s, the field did not begin to take shape until recently. In a short amount of time, however, several books, articles, and book chapters have provided a foundation for queer theorizing and research within criminology. Several edited anthologies provide broad overviews of research in the field, including Dwyer, et al. 2015, Knight and Wilson 2016, and Peterson and Panfil 2014, while others offer comprehensive overviews of specific issues of importance to queer criminology, such as Fradella and Sumner 2016. Mogul, et al. 2011 and Noga-Styron, et al. 2012 provide rich examples of how queer people have been discriminated against and criminalized in the United States, while Buist and Lenning 2015 explores criminalization around the globe and within each branch of the criminal legal system. Ball 2016 offers a thorough treatment of queer theory and its contributions to queer criminological thought, while Buist, et al. 2018 provides an overview of the research, theoretical contributions, and policy implications of queer criminology. Each of these sources provide readers a basic understanding of the origins and current state of queer criminology.
Ball, M. J. 2016. Criminology and queer theory: Dangerous bedfellows? London: Palgrave Macmillan.
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-45328-0
A pioneer in queer criminological theory, Ball provides an in-depth discussion of the connections between queer theory, critical theories, and contemporary queer criminology. He argues that previous theoretical contributions enhance queer criminology’s ability to disrupt the academic status quo.
Buist, C. L., and E. Lenning. 2015. Queer criminology. New York: Routledge.
This book is a user-friendly introduction to LGBTQ experiences in the criminal legal system in the United States and around the globe. It considers how queerness has been criminalized, and how policies and practices within law enforcement, courts, and corrections impact the queer experience as victims, offenders, and practitioners.
Buist, C., E. Lenning, and M. Ball. 2018. Queer criminology. In The Routledge handbook of critical criminology. 2d ed. Edited by W. Dekeseredy and M. Dragiewicz. New York: Routledge.
This chapter gives an overview of the present state of the field, including a review of the debate surrounding the meaning of “queer” in queer criminology, queer experiences with the criminal legal system, and research and policy implications. This chapter is a new addition to the second edition of the handbook.
Dwyer, A., M. J. Ball, and T. Crofts. 2015. Queering criminology. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
This edited anthology offers both theoretical and empirical essays from a variety of vantage points. It covers more traditional topics such as sexual violence in prison, and more controversial topics, such as how the study of pedophilia does or does not fit within queer criminological scholarship.
Ferrell, J., and C. R. Sanders. 1995. Cultural criminology. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press.
Ferrell and Sanders were arguably the first to make the call for a “queer criminology.” They recognized that gays and lesbians were being criminalized to reinforce cultural expectations and that queer experiences reveal a lot about the cultural politics of crime construction.
Fradella, H. F., and J. Sumner, eds. 2016. Sex, sexuality, law, and (in)justice. New York: Routledge.
This interdisciplinary anthology brings together scholars from a variety of fields to consider legal rights, protections, and violations in relation to sex and sexuality from multiple perspectives. Topics covered include pornography, sexual assault in prison, and sex work, among others.
Knight, C., and K. Wilson. 2016. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people (LGBT) and the criminal justice system. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-49698-0
This book highlights contemporary research considering LGBT experiences as victims and offenders. It focuses on relevant legislation, current data, and best practices.
Mogul, J. L., A. J. Ritchie, and K. Whitlock. 2011. Queer (in)justice: The criminalization of LGBT people in the United States. Boston: Beacon Press.
This book does an excellent job of using specific historic and contemporary examples to demonstrate how laws and criminal justice practice and policy have been used to punish LGBT people for failing to meet heteronormative standards and follow traditional gender expectations.
Noga-Styron, K. E., C. E. Reasons, and D. Peacock. 2012. The last acceptable prejudice: An overview of LGBT social and criminal injustice issues within the USA. Contemporary Justice Review 15.4: 369–398.
DOI: 10.1080/10282580.2012.734564
This article uses historical and contemporary examples of injustices faced by the LGBT community in the United States to demonstrate how the United States has lagged behind other countries when it comes to sexual and gender equality under the law. The authors suggest that, relative to others, LGBT people still face extreme prejudice in the criminal legal system.
Peterson, D., and V. R. Panfil, eds. 2014. Handbook of LGBT communities, crime, and justice. New York: Springer Science + Business Media.
This hefty anthology covers the gamut with twenty-five chapters addressing a broad range of theoretical and practical issues. Scholarship by some of the most well-known names in the field are divided into the broad categories of communities and victimization, juvenile and criminal justice systems, law and justice, and public health. It also offers chapters that provide basic overviews of queer criminology and future directions.
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- Active Offender Research
- Actus Reus
- Adler, Freda
- Adversarial System of Justice
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Aging Prison Population, The
- Airport and Airline Security
- Alcohol and Drug Prohibition
- Alcohol Use, Policy and Crime
- Alt-Right Gangs and White Power Youth Groups
- Animals, Crimes Against
- Anomie
- Arson
- Art Crime
- Back-End Sentencing and Parole Revocation
- Bail and Pretrial Detention
- Batterer Intervention Programs
- Bentham, Jeremy
- Big Data and Communities and Crime
- Biosocial Criminology
- Blackmail
- Black's Theory of Law and Social Control
- Blumstein, Alfred
- Boot Camps and Shock Incarceration Programs
- Burglary, Residential
- Bystander Intervention
- Capital Punishment
- Chambliss, William
- Chicago School of Criminology, The
- Child Maltreatment
- Chinese Triad Society
- Civil Protection Orders
- Collateral Consequences of Felony Conviction and Imprisonm...
- Collective Efficacy
- Commercial and Bank Robbery
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Communicating Scientific Findings in the Courtroom
- Community Change and Crime
- Community Corrections
- Community Disadvantage and Crime
- Community-Based Justice Systems
- Community-Based Substance Use Prevention
- Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
- CompStat Models of Police Performance Management
- Confessions, False and Coerced
- Conservation Criminology
- Consumer Fraud
- Contextual Analysis of Crime
- Control Balance Theory
- Convict Criminology
- Co-Offending and the Role of Accomplices
- Corporate Crime
- Costs of Crime and Justice
- Courts, Drug
- Courts, Juvenile
- Courts, Mental Health
- Courts, Problem-Solving
- Crime and Justice in Latin America
- Crime, Campus
- Crime Control Policy
- Crime Control, Politics of
- Crime, (In)Security, and Islam
- Crime Prevention, Delinquency and
- Crime Prevention, Situational
- Crime Prevention, Voluntary Organizations and
- Crime Trends
- Crime Victims' Rights Movement
- Criminal Career Research
- Criminal Decision Making, Emotions in
- Criminal Justice Data Sources
- Criminal Justice Ethics
- Criminal Justice Fines and Fees
- Criminal Justice Reform, Politics of
- Criminal Justice System, Discretion in the
- Criminal Records
- Criminal Retaliation
- Criminal Talk
- Criminology and Political Science
- Criminology of Genocide, The
- Critical Criminology
- Cross-National Crime
- Cross-Sectional Research Designs in Criminology and Crimin...
- Cultural Criminology
- Cultural Theories
- Cybercrime
- Cybercrime Investigations and Prosecutions
- Cycle of Violence
- Day Fines
- Deadly Force
- Defense Counsel
- Defining "Success" in Corrections and Reentry
- Desistance
- Deterrence
- Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
- Digital Piracy
- Driving and Traffic Offenses
- Drug Control
- Drug Trafficking, International
- Drugs and Crime
- Elder Abuse
- Electronically Monitored Home Confinement
- Employee Theft
- Environmental Crime and Justice
- Experimental Criminology
- Extortion
- Family Violence
- Fear of Crime and Perceived Risk
- Felon Disenfranchisement
- Femicide
- Feminist Theories
- Feminist Victimization Theories
- Fencing and Stolen Goods Markets
- Firearms and Violence
- Forensic Science
- For-Profit Private Prisons and the Criminal Justice–Indust...
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Gangs, Peers, and Co-offending
- Gender and Crime
- Gendered Crime Pathways
- General Opportunity Victimization Theories
- Genetics, Environment, and Crime
- Green Criminology
- Halfway Houses
- Harm Reduction and Risky Behaviors
- Hate Crime
- Hate Crime Legislation
- Healthcare Fraud
- Hirschi, Travis
- History of Crime in the United Kingdom
- History of Criminology
- Homelessness and Crime
- Homicide
- Homicide Victimization
- Honor Cultures and Violence
- Hot Spots Policing
- Human Rights
- Human Trafficking
- Identity Theft
- Immigration, Crime, and Justice
- Incarceration, Mass
- Incarceration, Public Health Effects of
- Income Tax Evasion
- Indigenous Criminology
- Institutional Anomie Theory
- Integrated Theory
- Intermediate Sanctions
- Interpersonal Violence, Historical Patterns of
- Interrogation
- Intimate Partner Violence, Criminological Perspectives on
- Intimate Partner Violence, Police Responses to
- Investigation, Criminal
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Juvenile Justice System, The
- Juvenile Waivers
- Kidnapping
- Kornhauser, Ruth Rosner
- Labeling Theory
- Labor Markets and Crime
- Land Use and Crime
- Lead and Crime
- Legitimacy
- LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
- LGBTQ People in Prison
- Life Without Parole Sentencing
- Local Institutions and Neighborhood Crime
- Lombroso, Cesare
- Longitudinal Research in Criminology
- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
- Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Crime, The
- Mass Media, Crime, and Justice
- Measuring Crime
- Mediation and Dispute Resolution Programs
- Mental Health and Crime
- Merton, Robert K.
- Meta-analysis in Criminology
- Middle-Class Crime and Criminality
- Migrant Detention and Incarceration
- Mixed Methods Research in Criminology
- Money Laundering
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Multi-Level Marketing Scams
- Murder, Serial
- Narrative Criminology
- National Deviancy Symposia, The
- Nature Versus Nurture
- Neighborhood Disorder
- Neutralization Theory
- New Penology, The
- Offender Decision-Making and Motivation
- Offense Specialization/Expertise
- Organized Crime
- Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
- Panel Methods in Criminology
- Peacemaking Criminology
- Peer Networks and Delinquency
- Perceptions of Youth, Juvenile Justice Professionals'
- Performance Measurement and Accountability Systems
- Personality and Trait Theories of Crime
- Persons with a Mental Illness, Police Encounters with
- Phenomenological Theories of Crime
- Plea Bargaining
- Poaching
- Police Administration
- Police Cooperation, International
- Police Discretion
- Police Effectiveness
- Police History
- Police Militarization
- Police Misconduct
- Police, Race and the
- Police Use of Force
- Police, Violence against the
- Policing and Law Enforcement
- Policing, Body-Worn Cameras and
- Policing, Broken Windows
- Policing, Community and Problem-Oriented
- Policing Cybercrime
- Policing, Evidence-Based
- Policing, Intelligence-Led
- Policing, Privatization of
- Policing, Proactive
- Policing, School
- Policing, Stop-and-Frisk
- Policing, Third Party
- Polyvictimization
- Positivist Criminology
- Pretrial Detention, Alternatives to
- Pretrial Diversion
- Prison Administration
- Prison Classification
- Prison, Disciplinary Segregation in
- Prison Education Exchange Programs
- Prison Gangs and Subculture
- Prison History
- Prison Labor
- Prison Visitation
- Prisoner Reentry
- Prisons and Jails
- Prisons, HIV in
- Private Security
- Probation Revocation
- Procedural Justice
- Property Crime
- Prosecution and Courts
- Prostitution
- Psychiatry, Psychology, and Crime: Historical and Current ...
- Psychology and Crime
- Public Criminology
- Public Opinion, Crime and Justice
- Public Order Crimes
- Public Social Control and Neighborhood Crime
- Punishment Justification and Goals
- Qualitative Methods in Criminology
- Queer Criminology
- Race and Sentencing Research Advancements
- Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
- Racial Threat Hypothesis
- Racial Profiling
- Rape and Sexual Assault
- Rape, Fear of
- Rational Choice Theories
- Rehabilitation
- Religion and Crime
- Restorative Justice
- Risk Assessment
- Routine Activity Theories
- School Bullying
- School Crime and Violence
- School Safety, Security, and Discipline
- Search Warrants
- Seasonality and Crime
- Self-Control, The General Theory:
- Self-Report Crime Surveys
- Sentencing Enhancements
- Sentencing, Evidence-Based
- Sentencing Guidelines
- Sentencing Policy
- Sex Crimes
- Sex Offender Policies and Legislation
- Sex Trafficking
- Sexual Revictimization
- Situational Action Theory
- Snitching and Use of Criminal Informants
- Social and Intellectual Context of Criminology, The
- Social Construction of Crime, The
- Social Control of Tobacco Use
- Social Control Theory
- Social Disorganization
- Social Ecology of Crime
- Social Learning Theory
- Social Networks
- Social Threat and Social Control
- Solitary Confinement
- South Africa, Crime and Justice in
- Sport Mega-Events Security
- Stalking and Harassment
- State Crime
- State Dependence and Population Heterogeneity in Theories ...
- Strain Theories
- Street Code
- Street Robbery
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Surveillance, Public and Private
- Sutherland, Edwin H.
- Technology and the Criminal Justice System
- Technology, Criminal Use of
- Terrorism
- Terrorism and Hate Crime
- Terrorism, Criminological Explanations for
- Testimony, Eyewitness
- Therapeutic Jurisprudence
- Trajectory Methods in Criminology
- Transnational Crime
- Truth-In-Sentencing
- Urban Politics and Crime
- US War on Terrorism, Legal Perspectives on the
- Victim Impact Statements
- Victimization, Adolescent
- Victimization, Biosocial Theories of
- Victimization Patterns and Trends
- Victimization, Repeat
- Victimization, Vicarious and Related Forms of Secondary Tr...
- Victimless Crime
- Victim-Offender Overlap, The
- Violence Against Women
- Violence, Youth
- Violent Crime
- White-Collar Crime
- White-Collar Crime, The Global Financial Crisis and
- White-Collar Crime, Women and
- Wilson, James Q.
- Wolfgang, Marvin
- Women, Girls, and Reentry
- Wrongful Conviction