‘Damaged Goods’: Riskiness and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young People’s Interactions with Police

Dwyer, Angela

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dc.contributor.author	Dwyer, Angela
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-17
dc.date.available	2011-05-17
dc.date.issued	2011-05-17
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-74210-224-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7370
dc.description.abstract	For some time now, research has suggested lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are ‘at-risk’ of victimisation and legally ‘risky’. Relatively few studies have examined how ‘risk factor’ research influences the everyday lives of LGBT young people. This paper reports how the experiences of police by 35 LGBT young people in Brisbane, Queensland reflected discourses about LGBT riskiness and how danger informed their interactions with police in public spaces. The participants specifically note how looking at-risk or looking risky affected their experiences of policing. The paper will conclude with recommendations for improved future policing practice.	en_AU
dc.description.sponsorship	Sydney Institute of Criminology; School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Sydney	en_AU
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en_AU
dc.publisher	Sydney Institute of Criminology	en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries	ANZCCC2010	en_AU
dc.rights	The author retains copyright of this work.	en_AU
dc.subject	LGBT young people	en_AU
dc.subject	risk	en_AU
dc.subject	police	en_AU
dc.subject	critical criminology	en_AU
dc.title	‘Damaged Goods’: Riskiness and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young People’s Interactions with Police	en_AU
dc.type	Conference paper	en_AU
dc.contributor.department	Sydney Institute of Criminology	en_AU