A ground-breaking study of the lives of gay and lesbian police officers in America, Gay Cops explores the dilemmas and problems facing homosexual cops as they balance the day-to-day realities of their work and their sexual identities.
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From Publishers Weekly
In the first book-length study of gay police officers, Leinen, a sociologist, author of Black Police, White Society and a former NYPD lieutenant, reports on the coping and surviving strategies of 41 homosexual New York City police officers, both male and female. The author, who is heterosexual and was on the force when he began this study, attended Gay Officers Action League meetings, dances and gay pride parades. He describes the tense passage from being a law enforcement agent who potentially threatens the secrecy of gay officers still in the closet to being a researcher observing their lifestyle. Academic jargon ("deviantized minority groups" and " 'inner-closeted' group") mars an otherwise intriguing account. Leinen often allows these cops to speak for themselves about coming out to each other, to their heterosexual colleagues and to their families.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Gay Cops is a groundbreaking study of gay and lesbian police officers in America. In 1976 San Francisco Sheriff's Deputy Rudi Cox became the first openly gay law enforcement officer in the United States. Five years later Sgt. Charlie Cochrane of the New York City Police Department came out at a city council meeting. With the assistance of Sergeant Cochrane and members of the Gay Officers Action League, retired NYPD Lieutenant Leinen probes the dilemmas facing homosexual officers striving to balance the realities of police work and their sexual identities. Workplace issues concerning recruitment, harassment, coming out on the job, and off-duty social life are exposed through interviews. As one officer states, "To be a cop is very hard. To be homosexual and a cop, it's harder." A highly commendable choice not only for institutions supporting police science programs but also for academic and larger public libraries.
- Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib., Ind.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib., Ind.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Gay Cops...Great Cops,
By BRYAN E. WOLF (New Brunswick,NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gay Cops (Hardcover)
Being a gay cop this was an great and insightful book. Active with the Gay Officers Action League, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Leinen. I believe this book is required reading, not only for gay cops coming out; but for all law enforcement personnel and administrators.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Gay Cops is right on!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Gay Cops (Hardcover)
I could not put this book down. Being a gay cop, I found so many of the stories to be helpful in my coming out process. I also found that being gay, and being a cop, do work well together.This is must reading for all cops, straight or gay. We all gain from understanding.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Gay Cops is right on!,
By Ken Lutz (San Bernardino, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gay Cops (Hardcover)
I could not put this book down. Being a gay cop, I found so many of the stories to be helpful in my coming out process. I also found that being gay, and being a cop, do work well together.This is must reading for all cops, straight or gay. We all gain from understanding.
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