Presentation Year

2016

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Meredith WilliamsSociologyFaculty,Joice ChangPoliticsFaculty,Lupe Tinoco OliverosSociologyUndergraduate Student,Liza OlmedoSociologyGraduate Student

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Studying race, class, gender and age are considered crucial for understanding social inequality and offending, but criminology has yet to fully explore sexuality. In this study, we provide a baseline examination of sexuality and offending in the U.S. for several life course stages. We find that the effect of being a sexual minority on the likelihood of offending is often larger than or comparable to the significant effects of race and gender; this varies over the life course and across behaviors. We demonstrate that sexual orientation is another crucial attribute for understanding social inequality and offending, and join the call for a more intersectional approach to the study of offending.

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Yes

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149

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