Only as a last resort: perceptions of police among gender, sexual and relationally diverse (GSRD) BDSM/kink participants

Those who engage in BDSM (bondage/discipline, domination/submission and sadism/masochism) activities may experience rare injury, physical/sexual assault, consent violation, etc. However, prior negative experiences with police coupled with the stigmatisation and in some country’s criminalisation of B...

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Authors: Ratcliff, Stephen E. (Author) ; Westlake, Bryce (Author) ; O’Neill, Alexandrea (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Policing and society
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 6, Pages: 849-866
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
police policy
LGBTQ+
Perceptions of police
BDSM