Brian J. Frederick
Brian J. Frederick is a cultural/queer criminologist and Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice & Policing at the University of Portsmouth‘s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Biography. 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, commodification and gentrification 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, 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 "queered" cultural criminological lens to the study of crime and crime control-related issues that impact the lived experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Three areas in which he is research active are: His research 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. Media appearances. Dr Frederick is a subject-matter expert on twenty episodes  of "Meet, Marry, Murder", which launched on the True Crime Network (U.S.) and the Crime & Investigation network (U.K.) in Spring 2021. The series is produced by Will Hanrahan of U.K.-based FirstLookTV. He has also recently completed filming 10 episodes of a U.S. television series that profiles North American serial killers; the series launches in late 2021. Additionally, Dr Frederick has made numerous media appearances at the local, regional and national level on topics such as American politics, the U.S. criminal justice system, the 'Dark Web', U.K. knife crime, psychopathy and the Salisbury poisonings, to name a few. Brian J. Frederick