Table of contents - Special Issue: Trans Communities in the Criminal Justice System
Guest Editors: Sören Henrich, Philip Birch
Police recruit perception of transgender officers: inclusion, diversity and transgender people
Toby Miles-JohnsonThe reality of policing in the twenty-first century is that most officers identify as white, heterosexual and cisgender (or identifying with the sex assigned to them at birth) and…
Gender identity assessment with trans individuals – findings of a systematic literature review of assessment instruments and ethical considerations
Sören HenrichIn several Western legislations, trans individuals must frequently undergo some form of gender identity assessment, for example, to receive legal recognition of their gender or to…
The experiences of transgender and gender expansive youth in Juvenile justice systems
Gerald P. Mallon, Jazmine PerezRecent research finds that youth who identify as transgender or gender-expansive are disproportionately incarcerated in juvenile justice systems and are treated differently from…
The dispositif of prison sexuality: transphobic violence in a Mexican male prison
Chloé ConstantThe aim of this study is to analyze how the dispositif of sexuality operates toward trans women imprisoned in a male prison in Mexico City, to understand how sexual norms that…
Progress and challenges in the Costa Rican penitentiary system on the specific needs of LGBTI persons deprived of liberty
Ana Selene Pineda Neisa, Douglas Durán ChavarríaDespite the restricted interpretation of the principle of equality and non-discrimination made by some members of the prison staff in Costa Rica, most of the authorities and…
Transgender sex offenders: gender dysphoria and sexual offending
Kirpal Kaur SahotaTransgender sex offenders are a small, complex and atypical group. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues in relationship to the assessment of gender dysphoria in…
ISSN:
2056-3841e-ISSN:
2056-385XISSN-L:
2056-3841Online date, start – end:
2015Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Michael Lewis
- Professor Jane Ireland
- Professor Philip Birch