"I will fight you like I'm straight": Gay gang- and crime-involved men's participation in violence

Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 121-145

  Panfil, Vanessa R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Anti gay harassment; Crime; Gang; Gay; Homophobic bullying; Interviews; Intimate partner violence; Masculinity; Stereotypes; Victims; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893733352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9188-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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