"We’re not like these weird feather boa-covered AIDS-spreading monsters": how LGBT young people and service providers think riskiness informs LGBT youth-police interactions

Research has suggested that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are "at-risk" of victimization and/or legally "risky." Relatively few studies have examined the social construction of risk in "risk factor" research and whether risk as a concept inf...

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Main Author: Dwyer, Angela (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-79
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Criminal Justice
Police Protection
Queer People
Risk Factor Research
Young People
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Summary:Research has suggested that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are "at-risk" of victimization and/or legally "risky." Relatively few studies have examined the social construction of risk in "risk factor" research and whether risk as a concept influences the everyday lives of LGBT young people. This article reports how 35 LGBT young people and seven service provider staff in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia perceived LGBT youth-police interactions as reflecting discourses about LGBT riskiness and danger. The participants specifically note how they thought looking at-risk and/or looking risky informed their policing experiences. The article concludes with recommendations for improving future policing practice.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 78-79
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-013-9226-z