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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791564403321

Autore

Lancaster Roger N

Titolo

Sex Panic and the Punitive State [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27748-4

9786613277480

0-520-94821-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

306.70973/09045

364.1530973

Soggetti

Fear - Political aspects - United States

Fear --Political aspects --United States

Sex - United States

Sex -- United States

Sex crimes - Press coverage - Political aspects - United States

Sex crimes --Press coverage --Political aspects --United States

Sex customs - United States

Sex customs -- United States

Sexual ethics - United States

Sexual ethics -- United States

United States - Social conditions - 20th century

United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Sex - Political aspects - United States

Sexual ethics - Political aspects - Press coverage - United States

Fear - United States

Sex crimes - United States

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

United States Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Fear Eats the Soul; PART ONE. SEX PANIC; 1. Panic: A Guide to the Uses of Fear; 2. Innocents at Home: How Sex Panics Reshaped American Culture; 3. To Catch a Predator: New Monsters, Imagined Risks, and the Erosion of Legal Norms; 4. The Magical Power of the Accusation: How I Became a Sex Criminal and Other True Stories; PART TWO. THE PUNITIVE STATE; 5. Zero Tolerance: Crime and Punishment in the Punitive State; 6. Innocents Abroad: Taboo and Terror in the Global War; 7. Constructing Victimization: How Americans Learned to Love Trauma

8. The Victimology Trap: Capitalism, Liberalism, and GrievanceConclusion: Whither the Punitive State?; Appendix 1: Race, Incarceration, and Notification; Appendix 2: Notes on Method; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends astute analysis, robust polemic, ethnography, and personal narrative to delve into the complicated relationship between sexuality and punishment in our society. Drawing on classical social science, critical legal studies, and queer theory, he tracks the rise of a modern suburban culture of fear and d