Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Publication Title

The Criminologist

Volume

39

Issue

4

Pages

1-8

Abstract

[Introduction] In March 2014, as part of its community relations service, the U.S. Department of Justice held a community service training for police officers that focused on developing strategies to better prevent and respond to bias crimes against transgender citizens. While the impetus for the training was recognition that this group is disproportionately affected by hate violence (see NCAVP, 2013), attendees of the training also highlighted the tumultuous relationships transgender individuals have had with law enforcement as another impetus for change. Transgender activists and the DOJ lauded the event as an important step for improved relationships between law enforcement and transgender individuals. These voluntary trainings eventually will be held nationwide, with Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole noting that future trainees will include "forward-thinking chiefs of police, sheriffs, and other public safety professionals who opt to participate." (Chibbaro, our emphasis)

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© 2014 American Society of Criminology. All rights reserved.

Included with the kind written permission of the copyright holder.

Comments

Doctor Panfil now faculty member at Old Dominion University.

ORCID

0000-0002-3005-4726 (Panfil)

Original Publication Citation

Panfil, V. R., & Miller, J. (2014). Beyond the straight and narrow: The import of queer criminology for criminology and criminal justice. The Criminologist, 39(4), 1-8. https://asc41.org/wp-content/uploads/ASC-Criminologist-2014-07.pdf

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