Timing matters: Shifts in the causal determinants of sodomy law decriminalization, 1961-1998

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-239

  Kane, Melinda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decriminalization; Gay; Lesbian; Public policy; Social movements; Sodomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249938628     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.211     Document Type: Article

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