Stephen Tomsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 252904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Tomsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomsen |
| SIGNATURE | TOMSEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4851-2649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting anti-homosexual violence in New South Wales
Much interest about the failure of New South Wales criminal justice in relation to anti-gay/anti-homosexual violence has centred on recent developments regarding the 1988 death of Scott Johnson, including the unexpected arrest and charging of an accused killer, Scott White. This article considers White’s 2022 conviction after a failed attempt to reverse a guilty plea, since successfully appealed, and judicial reflection on the nature of ‘hate’ as…
Carnival, Sexual Violence and Harm at Australian Music Festivals
Much has been written about the search for carnivalesque release in late-modern society, but relatively less attention has been paid to the harms experienced within this practice. Based on mixed-methods qualitative research including observational fieldwork at a large, multi-day camping festival in NSW, Australia, and in-depth interviews with victim-survivors of sexual violence occurring at Australian music festivals, this paper considers music f…
Sexual harassment and violence at Australian music festivals: Reporting practices and experiences of festival attendees
Despite the well-documented under-reporting of sexual violence, to date, no research has considered reporting practices within the specific context of music festivals. Drawing on 16 in-depth interviews with victim-survivors, this article examines survivors’ experiences of (non)reporting sexual violence in festival settings. We argue that while some barriers to reporting are shared across contexts, others play out in context-specific ways. Our res…
Victimhood, truth and criminal justice failure in relation to anti-homosexual violence and killings in New South Wales
This paper discusses and analyses the consequences of the inadequate criminal justice response regarding victims of fatal anti-homosexual/transgender violence in New South Wales (NSW) in the late twentieth century, and subsequent developments and claims that have either continued or resisted this pattern. It outlines the complexities around key investigations into unsolved homicides dismissed as accidents, suicides, or low priority killings, with…
The case for a second safe injecting facility (SIF) in Sydney
Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross has been a major national and global example of successful harm reduction in relation to illicit drug use ever since it opened its doors 18 years ago. However, since then Sydney has undergone significant transformations as a city, including gentrification of the inner Sydney suburbs where the injecting centre operates and expansions to its Western and South Western suburbs where many o…
H ate C rime
In recent decades, activists and researchers have described harassment and violence targeted against minority groups as “hate crime.” They have also petitioned police, courts, and state agencies to react against this form of crime. Nevertheless, the term remains conceptually awkward and is highly contested in debates about what incidents and victim groups it ought refer to, and what new laws and measures reconcile liberal freedom with minority pr…
Queer Criminology
Queer criminology entails the application of “queer” perspectives to critique definitions and practices of criminality, criminalization, and punishment, in relation to sexual and gender nonconformity. In the 1990s this approach began with a focus on violence and hate crime, the decriminalization of antihomosexual laws, and the development of liberal legal rights and protections. Since the early 2000s, the subdiscipline has expanded with new resea…
Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities
Contents: Series preface Introduction Part I Theoretical Perspectives: Daubing the drudges of fury: men, violence, and the piety of the 'hegemonic masculinity' thesis, Steve Hall Subordinating hegemonic masculinity, Tony Jefferson On hegemonic masculinity and violence: response to Jefferson and Hall, R.W. Connell Making bodies matter: adolescent masculinities, the body and varieties of violence, James W. Messerschmidt After Dunblane: crime, corpo…
The need for accuracy and validity in research on nightlife and drinking: A commentary on Devilly et al. and recommendations for future research
Masculinity and Homophobic Violence in Australia’s Recent Past
Violence, Prejudice and Sexuality
The binary model of sexuality can be devastating and even fatal for people left outside the category of heterosexuality. Essentialist categories of sexuality and gender are often enforced by harassment and violence, as is clear in the case of violence directed against sexual minorities such as homosexual men. This book investigates why men launch assaults on sexual minorities, why these attacks are so vicious and frequently irrational, the identi…
Violence and Carceral Masculinities in Felony Fights
Contemporary culture is replete with carnivalesque representations of violence and this has accelerated with the development of online technology. Felony Fights is a website and set of DVDs depicting real combat between male former convicts and other men. Viewer responses to these clips reflect a complexity of meaning and symbolic associations between violence, power and masculine identities. Nevertheless, profoundly unequal relations of power sh…
Violence, Cultural Display and the Suspension of Sexual Prejudice
Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture , S Winlow and S Hall, Berg, Oxford, 2006
Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture, S Winlow and S Hall, Berg, Oxford, 2006. Includes bibliographic references
Homophobic Violence, Cultural Essentialism and Shifting Sexual Identities
Contemporary researchers have gathered widespread evidence of same-sex practice and desire with no implications for identity, across a range of historical and social settings. Paradoxically, models of understanding hate crime and homophobic violence that incline towards sexual essentialism have emerged in the same period. Categorizing perpetrators and victims as distinct groups of dangerous heterosexuals and vulnerable ‘sexual minorities’ is a po…
Home-Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism
Hobbs, D, Hadfield, P, Lister, S & Winlow, S (2003) Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy
(2003). Hobbs, D, Hadfield, P, Lister, S & Winlow, S (2003) Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 200-202
Victims, Perpetrators and Fatal Scenarios: A Research Note on Anti-homosexual Male Homicides
Anti-homosexual harassment and violence are often described as ‘hate’ crimes perpetrated by homophobic people who act on an extreme and irrational contempt for the sexual identity of victims, and killings are regarded as the most typical form of these incidents. But there is little detailed international research evidence about the victims, perpetrators and the social aspects of such fatal violent incidents. The author's ongoing study in New Sout…
Engendering homophobia: Violence, Sexuality and Gender Conformity
The links between social constructions of sexuality and gender are theoretically and politically problematic. A contemporary social movement understanding of violence against gay men and lesbians as 'homophobic' suggests a solid basis for coalitionist action. But important aspects of the imposition of gender conformity are a common thread in the experience of female, male and transsexual victims and the motives of perpetrators. Detail of violent …
Leslie J Moran, The Homosexuality of Law
Leslie J Moran, The Homosexuality of Law." Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 10(2), pp. 225–226
More on ‘Gay Killings’
The Criminal Justice Response to Gay Killings: Research Findings
(1997). The Criminal Justice Response to Gay Killings: Research Findings. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 56-70
A Top Night: Social Protest, Masculinity and the Culture of Drinking Violence
Although a wide research literature suggests a regular connection between drinking, violence and social disorder, much doubt remains as to the actual nature and significance of this link. Some strong insights into this are provided by a dual consideration of the tie between masculine social identity and heavy group drinking, and the importance of issues of male honour in the social interaction that leads to much violent behaviour. But as well as …
A Top Night: Social Protest, Masculinity and the Culture of Drinking Violence
Although a wide research literature suggests a regular connection between drinking, violence and social disorder, much doubt remains as to the actual nature and significance of this link. Some strong insights into this are provided by a dual consideration of the tie between masculine social identity and heavy group drinking, and the importance of issues of male honour in the social interaction that leads to much violent behaviour. But as well as …
Homophobic Violence, Cultural Essentialism and Shifting Sexual Identities
Contemporary researchers have gathered widespread evidence of same-sex practice and desire with no implications for identity, across a range of historical and social settings. Paradoxically, models of understanding hate crime and homophobic violence that incline towards sexual essentialism have emerged in the same period. Categorizing perpetrators and victims as distinct groups of dangerous heterosexuals and vulnerable ‘sexual minorities’ is a po…
Engendering homophobia: Violence, Sexuality and Gender Conformity
The links between social constructions of sexuality and gender are theoretically and politically problematic. A contemporary social movement understanding of violence against gay men and lesbians as 'homophobic' suggests a solid basis for coalitionist action. But important aspects of the imposition of gender conformity are a common thread in the experience of female, male and transsexual victims and the motives of perpetrators. Detail of violent …
Victims, Perpetrators and Fatal Scenarios: A Research Note on Anti-homosexual Male Homicides
Anti-homosexual harassment and violence are often described as ‘hate’ crimes perpetrated by homophobic people who act on an extreme and irrational contempt for the sexual identity of victims, and killings are regarded as the most typical form of these incidents. But there is little detailed international research evidence about the victims, perpetrators and the social aspects of such fatal violent incidents. The author's ongoing study in New Sout…
Violence and Carceral Masculinities in Felony Fights
Contemporary culture is replete with carnivalesque representations of violence and this has accelerated with the development of online technology. Felony Fights is a website and set of DVDs depicting real combat between male former convicts and other men. Viewer responses to these clips reflect a complexity of meaning and symbolic associations between violence, power and masculine identities. Nevertheless, profoundly unequal relations of power sh…
Violence, Cultural Display and the Suspension of Sexual Prejudice
Carnival, Sexual Violence and Harm at Australian Music Festivals
Much has been written about the search for carnivalesque release in late-modern society, but relatively less attention has been paid to the harms experienced within this practice. Based on mixed-methods qualitative research including observational fieldwork at a large, multi-day camping festival in NSW, Australia, and in-depth interviews with victim-survivors of sexual violence occurring at Australian music festivals, this paper considers music f…
The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting anti-homosexual violence in New South Wales
Much interest about the failure of New South Wales criminal justice in relation to anti-gay/anti-homosexual violence has centred on recent developments regarding the 1988 death of Scott Johnson, including the unexpected arrest and charging of an accused killer, Scott White. This article considers White’s 2022 conviction after a failed attempt to reverse a guilty plea, since successfully appealed, and judicial reflection on the nature of ‘hate’ as…
Masculinity and Homophobic Violence in Australia’s Recent Past
The Criminal Justice Response to Gay Killings: Research Findings
(1997). The Criminal Justice Response to Gay Killings: Research Findings. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 56-70
A Top Night: Social Protest, Masculinity and the Culture of Drinking Violence
Although a wide research literature suggests a regular connection between drinking, violence and social disorder, much doubt remains as to the actual nature and significance of this link. Some strong insights into this are provided by a dual consideration of the tie between masculine social identity and heavy group drinking, and the importance of issues of male honour in the social interaction that leads to much violent behaviour. But as well as …
Leslie J Moran, The Homosexuality of Law
Leslie J Moran, The Homosexuality of Law." Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 10(2), pp. 225–226
More on ‘Gay Killings’
Engendering homophobia: Violence, Sexuality and Gender Conformity
The links between social constructions of sexuality and gender are theoretically and politically problematic. A contemporary social movement understanding of violence against gay men and lesbians as 'homophobic' suggests a solid basis for coalitionist action. But important aspects of the imposition of gender conformity are a common thread in the experience of female, male and transsexual victims and the motives of perpetrators. Detail of violent …
Victims, Perpetrators and Fatal Scenarios: A Research Note on Anti-homosexual Male Homicides
Anti-homosexual harassment and violence are often described as ‘hate’ crimes perpetrated by homophobic people who act on an extreme and irrational contempt for the sexual identity of victims, and killings are regarded as the most typical form of these incidents. But there is little detailed international research evidence about the victims, perpetrators and the social aspects of such fatal violent incidents. The author's ongoing study in New Sout…
Hobbs, D, Hadfield, P, Lister, S & Winlow, S (2003) Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy
(2003). Hobbs, D, Hadfield, P, Lister, S & Winlow, S (2003) Bouncers: Violence and Governance in the Night-time Economy. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 200-202
Homophobic Violence, Cultural Essentialism and Shifting Sexual Identities
Contemporary researchers have gathered widespread evidence of same-sex practice and desire with no implications for identity, across a range of historical and social settings. Paradoxically, models of understanding hate crime and homophobic violence that incline towards sexual essentialism have emerged in the same period. Categorizing perpetrators and victims as distinct groups of dangerous heterosexuals and vulnerable ‘sexual minorities’ is a po…
Home-Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism
Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture , S Winlow and S Hall, Berg, Oxford, 2006
Violent Night: Urban Leisure and Contemporary Culture, S Winlow and S Hall, Berg, Oxford, 2006. Includes bibliographic references
Violence, Cultural Display and the Suspension of Sexual Prejudice
Violence and Carceral Masculinities in Felony Fights
Contemporary culture is replete with carnivalesque representations of violence and this has accelerated with the development of online technology. Felony Fights is a website and set of DVDs depicting real combat between male former convicts and other men. Viewer responses to these clips reflect a complexity of meaning and symbolic associations between violence, power and masculine identities. Nevertheless, profoundly unequal relations of power sh…
Violence, Prejudice and Sexuality
The binary model of sexuality can be devastating and even fatal for people left outside the category of heterosexuality. Essentialist categories of sexuality and gender are often enforced by harassment and violence, as is clear in the case of violence directed against sexual minorities such as homosexual men. This book investigates why men launch assaults on sexual minorities, why these attacks are so vicious and frequently irrational, the identi…
H ate C rime
In recent decades, activists and researchers have described harassment and violence targeted against minority groups as “hate crime.” They have also petitioned police, courts, and state agencies to react against this form of crime. Nevertheless, the term remains conceptually awkward and is highly contested in debates about what incidents and victim groups it ought refer to, and what new laws and measures reconcile liberal freedom with minority pr…
Queer Criminology
Queer criminology entails the application of “queer” perspectives to critique definitions and practices of criminality, criminalization, and punishment, in relation to sexual and gender nonconformity. In the 1990s this approach began with a focus on violence and hate crime, the decriminalization of antihomosexual laws, and the development of liberal legal rights and protections. Since the early 2000s, the subdiscipline has expanded with new resea…
Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities
Contents: Series preface Introduction Part I Theoretical Perspectives: Daubing the drudges of fury: men, violence, and the piety of the 'hegemonic masculinity' thesis, Steve Hall Subordinating hegemonic masculinity, Tony Jefferson On hegemonic masculinity and violence: response to Jefferson and Hall, R.W. Connell Making bodies matter: adolescent masculinities, the body and varieties of violence, James W. Messerschmidt After Dunblane: crime, corpo…
The need for accuracy and validity in research on nightlife and drinking: A commentary on Devilly et al. and recommendations for future research
Masculinity and Homophobic Violence in Australia’s Recent Past
Victimhood, truth and criminal justice failure in relation to anti-homosexual violence and killings in New South Wales
This paper discusses and analyses the consequences of the inadequate criminal justice response regarding victims of fatal anti-homosexual/transgender violence in New South Wales (NSW) in the late twentieth century, and subsequent developments and claims that have either continued or resisted this pattern. It outlines the complexities around key investigations into unsolved homicides dismissed as accidents, suicides, or low priority killings, with…
The case for a second safe injecting facility (SIF) in Sydney
Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross has been a major national and global example of successful harm reduction in relation to illicit drug use ever since it opened its doors 18 years ago. However, since then Sydney has undergone significant transformations as a city, including gentrification of the inner Sydney suburbs where the injecting centre operates and expansions to its Western and South Western suburbs where many o…
Sexual harassment and violence at Australian music festivals: Reporting practices and experiences of festival attendees
Despite the well-documented under-reporting of sexual violence, to date, no research has considered reporting practices within the specific context of music festivals. Drawing on 16 in-depth interviews with victim-survivors, this article examines survivors’ experiences of (non)reporting sexual violence in festival settings. We argue that while some barriers to reporting are shared across contexts, others play out in context-specific ways. Our res…
Carnival, Sexual Violence and Harm at Australian Music Festivals
Much has been written about the search for carnivalesque release in late-modern society, but relatively less attention has been paid to the harms experienced within this practice. Based on mixed-methods qualitative research including observational fieldwork at a large, multi-day camping festival in NSW, Australia, and in-depth interviews with victim-survivors of sexual violence occurring at Australian music festivals, this paper considers music f…
The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting anti-homosexual violence in New South Wales
Much interest about the failure of New South Wales criminal justice in relation to anti-gay/anti-homosexual violence has centred on recent developments regarding the 1988 death of Scott Johnson, including the unexpected arrest and charging of an accused killer, Scott White. This article considers White’s 2022 conviction after a failed attempt to reverse a guilty plea, since successfully appealed, and judicial reflection on the nature of ‘hate’ as…
Criminology (18 works) · Political science (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Criminal justice (6 works) · Law (6 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (5 works)