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Dr. Vanessa Panfil's New Book In the Press

Dr. Vanessa Panfil published "What it's Like to be Gay and in a Gang" in The Conversation in mid-October and, after being picked up by the Associated Press, it quickly went viral and spread to a host of other publications and websites including Salon.Com. As a result, reprints of this article and articles about the book have appeared in Publishers Weekly, Dallas Voice, Advocate, Out Smart, Blade, popmatters and many other publications and websites. Dr. Panfil's article has been viewed over 49,489 times, yep, you read that right with nearly 50,000 views - WOW! What a great example of public criminology!

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