@article{772154,
      recid = {772154},
      author = {Knight, Charlotte, and Wilson, Kath,},
      title = {Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT) and the  criminal justice system /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book explores the experiences of lesbian, gay,  bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities as victims, offenders  and staff within the criminal justice system. It draws on  both emerging and existing LGBT research and campaigns to  identify and explore issues relevant to the criminal  justice system, including: agencies of the criminal justice  system, victimisation, domestic violence and abuse,  transgender experiences, LGBT people as offenders,  international perspectives and the personal experiences of  LGBT people. Charlotte Knight and Kath Wilson trace the  legislative journey toward equal treatment before and after  the Wolfenden Report. They consider why, for example,  lesbians are over represented on death row in the US, how  the prosecution characterises them and what part homophobia  might play in offending and in sentencing. They raise  important questions about the causes of, and responses to,  same-sex domestic violence and abuse and how the system  delivers justice to trans people. Sodomy laws and the  treatment of LGBT people worldwide are also considered and  models of good practice are offered. Their insights will be  of interest to practitioners, policy makers and scholars of  the criminal justice system, particularly those concerned  with the rights of LGBT communities. Charlotte Knight is an  Associate Researcher at De Montfort University, UK. She  established the Division of Community and Criminal Justice,  which delivers probation and police programmes, and applied  criminology degrees. Research interests include emotional  literacy, diversity, probation curricula and evaluation  practice in Europe. She has published Emotional Literacy in  Criminal Justice (2014). Kath Wilson is a Senior Lecturer  and leads the probation programme at De Montfort  University, UK. Previously a probation officer, she teaches  mainly around issues of values, diversity and offender  management within the criminal justice system, particularly  in relation to probation and policing.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/772154},
}