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Sex-crime panic : a journey to the paranoid heart of the 1950s /

A portrait of prejudice begins with the 1955 murder of an eight-year-old boy in Iowa, and the arrest and conviction of a simpleminded salesman for the crime. Within months, public hysteria caused the police to arrest 20 middle-class gay men who were charged with being "sexual psychopaths,"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Neil, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Alyson Books, 2002.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Murder > Iowa > Sioux City.
Murder > Investigation > Iowa > Sioux City.
Gay people > Iowa > Sioux City.
Homophobia in law enforcement > Iowa > Sioux City.
Sioux City (Iowa) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Moral panics > United States.
Meurtre > Iowa > Sioux City > Études de cas.
Meurtre > Enquêtes > Iowa > Sioux City > Études de cas.
Personnes homosexuelles > Iowa > Sioux City.
Paniques morales.
Moral panics
Gay people
Murder
Murder > Investigation
Social conditions
Iowa > Sioux City
Case studies.
Études de cas.

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