"Criminalizing Sexual Identities: Queer, Female, and Wrongfully Convicted"

Description

This book examines the representation and misrepresentation of queer people in true crime, addressing their status as both victims and perpetrators in actual crime, as well as how the media portrays them.

The chapters apply an intersectional perspective in examining criminal cases involving LGBTQ people, as well as the true crime media content surrounding the cases. The book illuminates how sexual orientation, gender, race, and other social locations impact the treatment of queer people in the criminal legal system and the mass media. Each chapter describes one or more high-profile criminal cases involving queer people (e.g., the murders of Brandon Teena and Kitty Genovese; serial killer Aileen Wuornos; the Pulse nightclub mass shooting). The authors examine how the cases are portrayed in the media via news, films, podcasts, documentaries, books, social media, and more. Each chapter discusses not only what is visible or emphasized by the media but also what is invisible in the accounting or societal focus surrounding the case. Lesser-known (but similar) cases are used in the book to call attention to how race, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, social class, and/or other features influence the dominant narrative surrounding these cases. Each chapter addresses "teachable moments" from each case and its coverage, leaving readers with several considerations to take with them into the future.

The book also provides media resources and supplemental materials so that curious readers, including scholars, students, content creators, and advocates, can examine the cases and media content further. The book will appeal to scholars and students of criminology, psychology, sociology, law, media studies, sexuality studies, and cultural studies, and people with an interest in true crime.

Includes the chapter "Criminalizing Sexual Identities: Queer, Female, and Wrongfully Convicted" by Maurer Professor Valena Beety.

ISBN

9781032246062 (hb.), 9781032246048 (pb.), 9781003279440 (ebook)

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

Routledge

City

New York, NY

Keywords

Homophobia, gender bias, false evidence, San Antonio Four, gender identity and performance

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Criminal Law | Law | Law and Gender | Law Enforcement and Corrections | Sexuality and the Law

Comments

Abbie E. Goldberg, Danielle C. Slakoff and Carrie L. Buist, eds. The (Mis)Representation of Queer Lives in True Crime. New York, NY: Routledge, 2024.

Full bibliographic details available in IUCAT

Copies available in the Jerome Hall Law Library P 96.C742 U656 2024

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