Killer Queers: A Content Analysis of Queer Serial Killers in the News

dc.contributor.advisor	Hope, Trina
dc.contributor.author	Reynolds, Broghan
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Shrap, Susan
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Kroutter, Paul
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-06T15:34:05Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-06T15:34:05Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-01
dc.date.manuscript	2024
dc.description.abstract	This study examines how offenses by queer serial killers were addressed by law enforcement through the eyes of the media. The analysis focuses on infamous serial killers John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer to analyze how the criminal justice system handled their cases through news article documentation. The study aims to explore how the media shapes the narrative surrounding queer identities when they become offenders. The study discusses how homophobia serves as a driving force for upholding negative stereotypes of an entire community. The content analysis shows how the media responded to the serial killers in terms of their sexual identities.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/340565
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Sociology, Criminology and Penology.	en_US
dc.subject	Queer	en_US
dc.subject	Deviance	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Killer Queers: A Content Analysis of Queer Serial Killers in the News	en_US
ou.group	Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Sociology	en_US