Killing Gay Men, 1976-2001

Bibliographic Data

ID8400958
AuthorsP Bartlett, Peter L Bartlett (0000-0002-8760-3140, University of Nottingham, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume47
Issue4
Pages573-595
Publication date2006-12-05
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azl091
OpenAlexW2146066473
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

The primary claim of this paper is that sufficient consistencies can be shown in the cases studied here and in the related literature that gay sexual homicide constitutes a coherent object of study. That is, in itself, a significant finding. Gay men are dying, and the circumstances under which that is taking place warrants analysis in its own right. The cases are of broader intellectual interest, however. The existing literature relating to sexual crime pre-supposes a male assailant and a female victim. This is true both of the sociology of masculinity and also the psychological literature. The cases in this study present sexual crime in a context in which women are absent, and, as such, raise questions about the scope, assumptions and findings of that literature.

Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Homicide · Masculinity · Object (grammar) · Poison control · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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