Vice patrol : cops, courts, and the struggle over urban gay life before Stonewall / Anna Lvovsky.
| Author/creator |
Lvovsky, Anna author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2021 |
| Description | 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | Cops, courts, and the struggle over urban gay life before Stonewall |
| Contents | Introduction -- When anyone can tell : liquor codes, gay bars, and the politics of common sense -- Expert witnesses and the struggle for public authority over homosexuality -- Plainclothes decoys and the battle over the limits of criminal justice -- Passing as deviant : gay culture and the rise of ethnographic policing -- Peepholes and perverts : clandestine surveillance and the enigma of the cruiser -- The popular press and the gay world -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life chronicles how local police and criminal justice systems intruded on gay individuals, criminalizing, profiling, surveilling, and prosecuting them from the 1930's through the 1960's. Anna Lvovsky details the progression of enforcement strategies through the targeting of gay-friendly bars by liquor boards, enticement of sexual overtures by plainclothes police decoys, and surveilling of public bathrooms via peepholes and two-way mirrors to catch someone "in the act." Lvovsky shows how the use of tactics indistinguishable from entrapment to criminalize homosexual men in public and private spaces produced charges brought forward and disputed by attorneys and evidence that had to stand before judges, who at times intervened against punitive policies. In Vice Patrol the author demonstrates how developments in the psychological, medical, and sociological handling of homosexuality filtered into police stations, courthouses, and the wider culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780226769813 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020045745 |
| ISBN | 9780226769646 hardcover |
| ISBN | 022676964X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780226769783 paperback |
| ISBN | 022676978X paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ76.3 .U6 L96 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |