Transgender Cops (Routledge Critical Studies in Crime, Diversity and Criminal Justice)

Panter, Heather

ISBN 10: 0367482037 / ISBN 13: 9780367482039

Published by Routledge, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transgender Cops (Routledge Critical Studies in Crime, Diversity and Criminal Justice)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367482037
• ISBN 13: 9780367482039
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 15.6W x 23.39H x 1.37D centimeters 15.6 centimeters width by 23.39 centimeters height by 1.37 centimeters depth
• Weight: 340 grams

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Synopsis

Building on comparative research in the U.K. and the U.S.A., this is the first book focused specifically on transgender experiences within policing. It examines the issues faced by the transgender community within policing and explores how gender, and the non-conformity of it, is perceived within police cultures. Moreover, it provides an on-going critique of the queer criminology movement and why it is crucial to policing studies, emphasising the specific importance of transgender issues therein.

This empirical book provides qualitative data from American officers and English and Welsh constables on transgender police. The following research questions are addressed: What are the perceptions of cisgender officers towards transgender officers, and what are the consequences of these perceptions? What are the occupational experiences and perceptions of officers who identify as transgender within policing? Finally, what are the reported positive and negative administrative issues that transgender individuals face within policing? The author concludes by discussing the empirical, theoretical and policy contributions of this research and offers some final thoughts on policy recommendations and directions for future research.

A strong contribution to the literature in critical criminology and queer criminology, this book will also be of interest to those in the fields of gender studies, sociology, public administration, management studies and policing studies.

About the Author

Dr Heather Panter is a retired police detective with over 2,000 hours of police-specific training and a combined 13 years of American law enforcement experience with local and federal police agencies. Currently, she is a senior lecturer at Liverpool’s John Moore University where she is a programme leader in the BSc in Policing and Forensics and the program leader in the MSc in Policing and Criminal Investigations.