Queer criminological work is at the forefront of critical academic criminology, responding to the exclusion of queer communities from criminology, and the injustices that they experience through the criminal justice system. This volume draws together both theoretical and empirical contributions that develop the growing scholarship being produced at the intersection of 'queer' and 'criminology'. 
Reflecting the diversity of research that is undertaken at this intersection, the contributions to this volume offer a deeper theoretical and conceptual development of this field alongside empirical research that illustrates the continued relevance and urgency of such scholarship. The contributions consider what it means to be queering criminology in the current political, social, and criminological climate, and chart directions along which this field might develop in order to ensure that greater social and criminal justice for LGBTIQ communities is achieved. 

Nicole L. Asquith, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaMatthew Ball, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTony Butler, University of New South Wales, AustraliaThomas Crofts, University of Sydney, AustraliaDerek Dalton, Flinders University, AustraliaBasil Donovan, Sydney Hospital, AustraliaAngela Dwyer, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaBianca Fileborn, La Trobe University, AustraliaChristopher A. Fox, University of Sydney, AustraliaTyrone Kirchengast, University of New South Wales, AustraliaDave McDonald, University of Melbourne, AustraliaWendy O'Brien, Deakin University, AustraliaNatasha Papazian, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaSenthorun Raj, University of Sydney, AustraliaJoanne Reekie, University of New South Wales, AustraliaJuliet Richters, University of New South Wales, AustraliaPaul Simpson, University of New South Wales, AustraliaStephen Tomsen, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaLorraine Yap, University of New South Wales, Australia