NCJ Number
94279
Journal
Criminal Justice Review Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1984) Pages: 22-27
Date Published
1984
Length
6 pages
Annotation
The present paper examines the distinction between prison homosexuality and so-called 'true' homosexuality as represented in the male and female experience.
Abstract
A thorough review of the literature is provided. Emphasis is on the process of institutional recruitment for desired homosexual roles. This discussion challenges the present dichotomizing of prison homosexuality into true and situational categories, a division that dominates the prison literature. The only crucial dichotomy is between those who come to see themselves as homosexual and those who do not. (Author abstract)