TILES releases Briefing Paper on Cisnormativity, criminalisation, vulnerability: Transgender people in prisons

The Institute has released its 12th Briefing Paper titled - Cisnormativity, criminalisation, vulnerability: Transgender people in prisons (PDF 710KB). Prepared by Dr Jess Rodgers, Dr Nicole Asquith and Dr Angela Dwyer, it addresses one of TILES’ key theme areas: vulnerability in policing.

Director of TILES and co-editor, Associate Professor Roberta Julian, said that in line with the Institute’s aim of exploring innovative policy and practice approaches in this field, this paper critically analyses policies and practices that aim to address and reduce the vulnerability of transgender prisoners.

“This paper provides an important perspective on some of the issues facing transgender prisoners and suggests an approach to prevent the replication of their vulnerability in the criminal justice system,” Associate Professor Julian said.

About Authors

Dr Jess Rodgers is a Researcher at the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology.

Dr Nicole Asquith is an Associate Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice, Western Sydney University, University Associate with TILES and Co-Director of the Vulnerability, Resilience and Policing Research Consortium (VRPRC). Her current research investigates the policing of vulnerability and diversity, motivated hate crime, intrafamilial hate crime, individual and social costs of fear of prejudice and the ripple-effect of hate crime victimisation.

Dr Angela Dwyer is an Associate Professor in Police Studies and Emergency Management at the School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Law, University of Tasmania. She is a Senior Researcher with TILES, and a member of the Vulnerability, Resilience, and Policing Research Consortium (VRPRC). She is a leading scholar on how sexuality, gender, and sex diversity influences policing and criminal justice experiences, and how young people from vulnerable groups experience policing.