Introduction
When anyone can tell : liquor codes, gay bars, and the politics of common sense
Expert witnesses and the struggle for public authority over homosexuality
Plainclothes decoys and the battle over the limits of criminal justice
Passing as deviant : gay culture and the rise of ethnographic policing
Peepholes and perverts : clandestine surveillance and the enigma of the cruiser
The popular press and the gay world
Epilogue.