Presentation Year

2017

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Meredith Conover-WilliamsSociologyFaculty,Joice ChangPoliticsFaculty,Liza OlmedoSociologyGraduate Student,Lindsay MixerSociologyGraduate Student,Grecia AlfaroSociologyUndergraduate Student,Logan CheneySociologyUndergraduate Student,Taylor RichardsonSociologyUndergraduate Student,Sarah FasiSociologyUndergraduate Student,Hannah LemlySociology,Cesar RamirezSociologyUndergraduate Student

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Prior research finds lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) individuals offending more than their heterosexual peers, due to differential experiences in social institutions like school and family. There are no qualitative studies of queer pathways into or away from crime, or research on the offending of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. We seek to fill this gap by analyzing life trajectories of LGBTQIA individuals with qualitative interviews. We explore pushes/pulls into/away from criminal behavior and respondents’ relationships with social institutions--including chosen families and political participation--to illuminate sites of intervention in the queer life course.

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206

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