Queering Criminology

Queer criminological work is at the forefront of critical academic criminology, responding to the exclusion of queer communities from criminology, and the injustices that they experience through the criminal justice system. This volume draws together both

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Queering Criminology Edited by

Angela Dwyer Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Matthew Ball Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Thomas Crofts University of Sydney, Australia

Selection, introduction, and editorial matter © Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball, and Thomas Crofts 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-51333-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57033-1 ISBN 978-1-137-51334-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137513342 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

vii

Acknowledgements

viii

Notes on Contributors

ix

1 Queering Criminologies Angela Dwyer, Matthew Ball, and Thomas Crofts

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Part I Queer Criminology: Past, Present, and Future 2 Reflections on the Emergence, Efficacy, and Value of Queer Criminology Derek Dalton

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3 The Past Is the Past? The Impossibility of Erasure of Historical LGBTIQ Policing Angela Dwyer and Stephen Tomsen

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4 The ‘Prison of Love’ and Its Queer Discontents: On the Value of Paranoid and Reparative Readings in Queer Criminological Scholarship Matthew Ball

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Part II Uncomfortable Subjects in Queer Criminology 5 Disturbing Disgust: Gesturing to the Abject in Queer Cases Senthorun Raj 6 Who Is the Subject of Queer Criminology? Unravelling the Category of the Paedophile Dave McDonald 7 International