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The LGBT Offender

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Criminological and cultural discourses concerning LGBT persons as criminals are traced from the 1880s through the 1980s, when “gay criminal” gave way to the “gay victim.” The contemporary absence of LGBT persons from criminology, except as victims, is addressed through several studies that determine LGBT and heterosexual offenders differ.

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  1. Department of Sociology, Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre PA, 18701, USA

    Jeffery P. Dennis

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  1. School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA

    Dana Peterson

  2. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Vanessa R. Panfil

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Dennis, J.P. (2014). The LGBT Offender. In: Peterson, D., Panfil, V. (eds) Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9188-0_5

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