Brian J. Frederick

In 2016, he completed the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Global and Cultural Criminology ('DCGC') programme at the School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research (SSPSSR) at the University of Kent (Canterbury, England) and at the Institut für Kriminologische Sozialforschung (IKS) at the Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany); the DCGC scheme was funded through the European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. His research focuses on the ways in which the ongoing commercialisation,[1] commodification and gentrification[2] of gay/queer physical space (i.e., ‘gay ghettos’) and gay/queer virtual space has led to the emergence of counter-homonormative, counter-cultural virtual spaces (e.g., online bulletin boards, social networking services, web-based social networking applications) which are used to facilitate the sharing of drug-related sexual experiences (e.g., 'barebacking', 'party 'n' play'/'chemsex') among gay, bisexual and queer men (GBQM). His research looks at criminal justice and public health as well as the stigmatisation, marginalisation and oppression of GBQM by contemporary gay culture, specifically,[3] as well as by the gay rights movement, generally—a subject that has received little attention among academic researchers.

His research is unique because it applies a criminological lens to the study of MSM drug use (typically the purview of addiction science, behavioural health and epidemiology); it takes a critical stance towards current criminal justice policies and public health strategies, and advocates instead for decriminalisation and a non-interventionist, non-stigmatising, 'zero-discrimination' approach by service providers.

He also examines critical criminological pedagogy.[4]

Dr Frederick is a subject-matter expert on twenty episodes of Meet, Marry, Murder on the True Crime Network (U.S.) and the Crime & Investigation network (U.K.). The series is produced by Will Hanrahan of U.K.-based FirstLook TV.

Frederick is also in discussions with Hanrahan to appear as an expert on 'Making a Serial Killer', a new true crime television series that draws upon the techniques used in offender profiling.

• Pink capitalism

• Frederick, Brian Jay (2016). Exploring the (Sub)Cultural Aspects of Gay, Bisexual and Queer Male Drug Use in Cyberspace. Doctor of Philosophy [PhD] Thesis. University of Kent, University of Hamburg.
• Thanki, D. & Frederick, B. (2016). 'Social media and drug markets', The internet and drug markets (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction: Insights 21), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
• Frederick, B.J. & Gil Larruscahim, P. (2016). Cultural criminology. In W.G. Jennings [Ed.] The Wiley Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment (p. 1). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
• Frederick, B.J. & Perrone, D. (2014). "'Party N Play' on the Internet: Subcultural formation, Craigslist, and escaping from stigma." Deviant Behavior 35: 859-884.
• Frederick, B.J. (2013). "Delinquent boys": Toward a new understanding of "deviant" and transgressive behavior in gay men. Critical Criminology, 21(4):10.1007/s10612-013-9230-3
• Frederick, B. J. (2012). The marginalization of critical perspectives in public criminal justice core curricula. Western Criminological Review, 13(3), 21-33.
• The Risks of Using Gay & MSM "Hookup" Technologies
• Frederick, B., & Fradella, H. (2012). Leopold and Loeb. In Wilbur R. Miller (Ed.), The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. (pp. 1005-1006). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781452218427.n394

• Ball, M. (2013). Queer Criminology, Critique, and the "Art of Not Being Governed". Critical Criminology, 1-14.
• Ball, M. (2014). What's Queer About Queer Criminology?. In Handbook of LGBT communities, crime, and justice (pp. 531–555). Springer New York.
• Buist, C. L., & Stone, C. (2013). Transgender Victims and Offenders: Failures of the United States Criminal Justice System and the Necessity of Queer Criminology. Critical Criminology, 1-13.
• Panfil, V. R. (2013). Better left unsaid? The role of agency in queer criminological research. Critical Criminology, 1-13.
• Woods, J.B. (2013). Queer Contestations and the Future of a Critical “Queer” Criminology. Critical Criminology, 1-15.

• Dr Brian Frederick, University of Portsmouth Research Portal
• Brian Frederick, DCGC candidate bio
• DCGC – Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology | PhD Programme in Criminology
• CSUB RIMI page