The (Mis)Representation of Queer Lives in True Crime (PDF)

Abbie E. Goldberg (Ph.D.) is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, where she also currently serves as the Director of Women's and Gender Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Her research examines diverse families, including LGBTQ-parent families and adoptive-parent families. She is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed articles and 4 books: LGBTQ Family Building: A Guide for Prospective Parents (2022), Open Adoption and Diverse Families (2020), Gay Dads (2012), and Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children (2010). She is the co-editor of three books: LGBTQ-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice (2013, 2020), LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution (2019), and The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies (2021), and the editor of The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2016). She has received research funding from the American Psychological Association, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Williams Institute, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, and other sources. She teaches courses on gender and crime, human sexuality, diversity in contemporary families, research methods with diverse families, the psychology of sexual orientation, and ethics in clinical psychology.

Danielle C. Slakoff (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento, USA. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice from the University of Nebraska Omaha, USA, in 2018. Her research examines media representations of crime, gender, race/ethnicity, and domestic violence. Her research can be found in top journals such as Violence Against Women, The Journal of Family Violence, Feminist Media Studies, and Feminist Criminology. Her commentary has been featured on the nationally