Dangerous positions: male homosexuality in the new penal code of Iran

What does it matter who has what position in the same-sex sexual act? The difference can be life and death. This paper, drawing on sociology of punishment and the critiques of cultural determinism in explaining capital punishment, examines the new penal code of Iran (2013) with respect to same-sex s...

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Authors: Karimi, Ahmad (Author) ; Bayatrizi, Zohreh 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2019, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 417-434
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Keywords:
Iran
Capital Punishment
Gender
National Identity
Penal Code
Sexuality

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