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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
Alyson Books,
2002.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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," although none had anything to do with the murder, and who were incarcerated for prolonged periods of time in a state mental hospital. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 313 pages ; 21 cm |
| Awards: | Lambda Literary Award, 2002 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1555836593 9781555836597 |