Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Reducing the Invisibility of Sexual and Gender Iden tities in Criminology and Criminal Justice / Dana Peterson and Vanes sa R. Panfil -- "Queering Criminology": Overview of the State of the Field / Jordan Blair Woods -- Bias Crimes Based on Sexual Orient ation and Gender Identity: Global Prevalence, Impacts, and Causes / Rebecca L. Stotzer -- Marking 35 Years of Research on Same-Sex Intim ate Partner Violence: Lessons and New Directions / Adam M. Messinger -- The LGBT Offender / Jeffery P. Dennis -- When They Tell Yo u Who You Are: Lesbian Resistance to the Policing of Multiple Identitie s / Dominique E. Johnson -- "I Will Fight You Like I'm Straight": Gay Gang- and Crime-Involved Men's Participation in Violence / Vane ssa R. Panfil -- Pleasures, Perversities, and Partnerships: The Hist orical Emergence of LGBT-Police Relationships / Angela Dwyer -- I ntersections of Gender and Sexuality in Police Abuses Against Transgend er Sex Workers in Sri Lanka / Andrea J. Nichols -- Policing the L esbian and Gay Community: The Perceptions of Lesbian and Gay Police Off icers / Roddrick Colvin -- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Incar cerated in Delinquent Facilities / Joanne Belknap, Kristi Holsinger and Jani S. Little -- Gender Integration in Sex-Segregated U.S. Pris ons: The Paradox of Transgender Correctional Policy / Jennifer Sumne r and Valerie Jenness -- LGBT Issues and Criminal Justice Education / Kevin Cannon, P. Ann Dirks-Linhorst, P. Denise Cobb, Florence Maat ita, Dawn Beichner and Robbin Ogle -- Rethinking the "World Polity" Perspective on Global Sodomy Law Reform / Neil Cobb -- LGBT Movem ents in Southeast Europe: Violence, Justice, and International Intersec tions / Susan C. Pearce and Alex Cooper -- The Death Penalty as G enocide: The Persecution of "Homosexuals" in Uganda / Christina DeJo ng and Eric Long -- Presumptive Criminals: U.S. Criminal Law and HIV -Related Aggravated Assaults / Ari Ezra Waldman -- Define "Sex": Legal Outcomes for Transgender Individuals in the United States / Al exis Forbes -- Bullying of LGBT Youth in America: Prevalence, Effect s, and Government Responses / Sarah Warbelow and Ty Cobb -- Exami ning Dating Violence and Its Mental Health Consequences Among Sexual Mi nority Youth / Tameka L. Gillum and Gloria T. DiFulvio -- The Que er Delinquent: Impacts of Risk and Protective Factors on Sexual Minorit y Juvenile Offending in the U.S. / Meredith Conover-Williams -- D iversity at the Margins: The Interconnections Between Homelessness, Sex Work, Mental Health, and Substance Use in the Lives of Sexual Minority Homeless Young People / Tyler Frederick -- A State of Exception: Intersectionality, Health, and Social Exemption / Ryan A. Levy -- What's Queer About Queer Criminology? / Matthew Ball -- Hardl y Queer, or Very Queer Indeed? Concluding Thoughts about the Handbook o f LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice / Vanessa R. Panfil and Dana Peterson.