NICOLA CARR NICOLA.CARR@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Criminology
Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research
Carr, Nicola; Serisier, Tanya; McAlister, Siobh�n
Authors
Tanya Serisier
Siobh�n McAlister
Abstract
Recent years have seen increased attention in both research and policy towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) prisoners as a group with distinct needs. This has been driven by wider political recognition of LGBT rights and research suggesting that LGBT prisoners are particularly ‘vulnerable’ to bullying and abuse within prison settings. Much of this research, and the policy solutions associated with it, we argue, ignores or side-steps queer perspectives, relying instead on liberal conceptions of identity, vulnerability and, ultimately, assimilation. Just as contemporary campaigns around marriage rights see LGBT communities and individuals as fundamentally the same as the majority, rather than posing a challenge to the heteronormativity of marriage as an institution, much contemporary research and policy on LGBT prisoners sees this group as marked only by potential discrimination. We argue here instead that experiences of LGBT prisoners can be read ‘queerly’ so as to potentially challenge the rigid gender and heteronormative foundations that underlie systems of incarceration. We draw on a small-scale empirical research project around the experience of LGBT prisoners to revisit contemporary paradoxes of prisons and sexuality and to problematise understandings of identity, intimacy and deviance in the prison context.
Citation
Carr, N., Serisier, T., & McAlister, S. (2020). Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(5), 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820937401
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 14, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 30, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-11 |
Deposit Date | May 26, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 30, 2020 |
Journal | Criminology & Criminal Justice |
Print ISSN | 1748-8958 |
Electronic ISSN | 1748-8966 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 551-563 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820937401 |
Keywords | Queer, Deviance, LGBT, Prisoners. |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4513459 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1748895820937401 |
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