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Damaged goods: riskiness and LGBT young peoples’ interactions with police
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Dwyer, AE, Damaged goods: riskiness and LGBT young peoples' interactions with police, Proceedings of the 2010 Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, 1-2 July 2010, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, pp. 1-15. ISBN 978-1-74210-224-5 (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2011 Sydney Institute of Criminology, The University of Sydney
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Abstract
For some time now, research has suggested lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are ‘at-risk’ of victimisation and legally ‘risky’. Relatively few studies have examined how ‘risk factor’ research influences the everyday lives of LGBT young people. This paper reports how the experiences of police by 35 LGBT young people in Brisbane, Queensland reflected discourses about LGBT riskiness and how danger informed their interactions with police in public spaces. The participants specifically note how looking at-risk or looking risky affected their experiences of policing. The paper will conclude with recommendations for improved future policing practice.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), young people, policing, risk, heteronormativity, queer |
| Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
| Research Group: | Criminology |
| Research Field: | Criminology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
| Objective Group: | Justice and the Law |
| Objective Field: | Law Enforcement |
| Author: | Dwyer, AE (Dr Angela Dwyer) |
| ID Code: | 106053 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Deposited By: | Social Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2016-01-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-03-15 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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