Killing gay men, 1976-2001

The primary claim of this paper is that sufficient consistencies can be shown in the cases studied here and in the related literature that gay sexual homicide constitutes a coherent object of study. That is, in itself, a significant finding. Gay men are dying, and the circumstances under which that...

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Main Author: Bartlett, Peter
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Published: Oxford University Press 2007
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description The primary claim of this paper is that sufficient consistencies can be shown in the cases studied here and in the related literature that gay sexual homicide constitutes a coherent object of study. That is, in itself, a significant finding. Gay men are dying, and the circumstances under which that is taking place warrants analysis in its own right. The cases are of broader intellectual interest, however. The existing literature relating to sexual crime pre-supposes a male assailant and a female victim. This is true both of the sociology of masculinity and also the psychological literature. The cases in this study present sexual crime in a context in which women are absent, and, as such, raise questions about the scope, assumptions and findings of that literature.
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spelling nottingham-16632020-05-04T20:28:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1663/ Killing gay men, 1976-2001 Bartlett, Peter The primary claim of this paper is that sufficient consistencies can be shown in the cases studied here and in the related literature that gay sexual homicide constitutes a coherent object of study. That is, in itself, a significant finding. Gay men are dying, and the circumstances under which that is taking place warrants analysis in its own right. The cases are of broader intellectual interest, however. The existing literature relating to sexual crime pre-supposes a male assailant and a female victim. This is true both of the sociology of masculinity and also the psychological literature. The cases in this study present sexual crime in a context in which women are absent, and, as such, raise questions about the scope, assumptions and findings of that literature. Oxford University Press 2007 Article PeerReviewed Bartlett, Peter (2007) Killing gay men, 1976-2001. British Journal of Criminology, 47 (4). pp. 573-595. ISSN 0007-0955 gay murder homosexual panic sexual provocation law and masculinity gay homicide provocation diminished responsibility http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/4/573.full doi:10.1093/bjc/azl091 doi:10.1093/bjc/azl091
spellingShingle gay murder homosexual panic sexual provocation law and masculinity gay homicide provocation diminished responsibility
Bartlett, Peter
Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title_full Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title_fullStr Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title_full_unstemmed Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title_short Killing gay men, 1976-2001
title_sort killing gay men, 1976-2001
topic gay murder homosexual panic sexual provocation law and masculinity gay homicide provocation diminished responsibility
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