Governing bodies, creating gay spaces. Policing and security issues in 'gay' downtown Toronto

In contrast to criminological studies of gay-specific hate crimes, this study focuses not on crimes but on the governance of security in a major global centre of lesbian/gay community life, namely Toronto's gay village, with security defined as the attempt to guarantee order mainly by governing...

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Main Author: Valverde, Mariana (Author)
Contributors: Cirar, Miomir
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: The British journal of criminology
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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