Title

Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Theorizing Female Correctional Officers’ Sexual Interactions with Men and Boys in Custody

Authors

Brenda V. Smith, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

This Article examines female-perpetrated sexual abuse in custodial settings and its place at the intersection of race, class, and gender in order to disentangle complex and overlapping narratives of abuse, sex, desire, and transgression. Ultimately, this Article confronts our discomfort with and reluctance to acknowledge the fact that women sexually abuse men and boys in custody, and it offers possible explanations for these behaviors.

Comments

UCLA Law Review (ISSN 0041-5650)

Volume 59, pg 1690-1745

& American University Washington College of Law Research Paper No. 2012-38

Recommended Citation

Smith, Brenda V., Uncomfortable Places, Close Spaces: Female Correctional Workers' Sexual Interactions With Men and Boys in Custody, 59 UCLA L. Rev. 1690 (2012).