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9780520262065

Sex Panic and the Punitive State

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520262065

  • ISBN10:

    0520262069

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-03-15
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends astute analysis, robust polemic, ethnography, and personal narrative to delve into the complicated relationship between sexuality and punishment in our society. Drawing on classical social science, critical legal studies, and queer theory, he tracks the rise of a modern suburban culture of fear and develops new insights into the punitive logic that has put down deep roots in everyday American life.

Author Biography

Roger N. Lancaster is Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies at George Mason University and is the author of several books, including Life Is Hard and The Trouble with Nature, both from UC Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introduction: Fear Eats the Soulp. 1
Sex Panicp. 19
Panic: A Guide to the Uses of Fearp. 23
Innocents at Home: How Sex Panics Reshaped American Culturep. 39
To Catch a Predator: New Monsters, Imagined Risks, and the Erosion of Legal Normsp. 73
The Magical Power of the Accusation: How I Became a Sex Criminal and Other True Storiesp. 104
The Punitive Statep. 137
Zero Tolerance: Crime and Punishment in the Punitive Statep. 141
Innocents Abroad: Taboo and Terror in the Global Warp. 167
Constructing Victimization: How Americans Learned to Love Traumap. 181
The Victimology Trap: Capitalism, Liberalism, and Grievancep. 214
Conclusion: Whither the Punitive State?p. 227
Race, Incarceration, and Notificationp. 247
Notes on Methodp. 252
Notesp. 257
Indexp. 295
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