'It's not like we're going to jump them': How transgressing heteronormativity shapes police interactions with lgbt young people

Youth Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-220

  Dwyer, Angela ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

embodiment; heteronormativity; lesbian gay bisexual transgender (LGBT); police; queer

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355184651     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225411420526     Document Type: Article

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