Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Setting the Context: Definitions and Terminology.- Chapter 3. Legislation: The Journey Towards Equality for LGBT People.- Chapter 4. LGBT people as Victims of Crime.- Chapter 5. LGBT People as Offenders.- Chapter 6. Key Agencies of the Criminal justice system.- Chapter 7. Transgendered People in the Criminal Justice System.- Chapter 8. Domestic Violence and Abuse in Same-Sex Relationships.- Chapter 9. International Perspectives.- Chapter 10. Learning From Others: The Development of Good Practice.

About the Author

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.

Reviews

“This really is an excellent overview of how the criminal justice system impacts on LGBTI lives. Clearly written, well referenced and informed by a concern with ‘lived experience’, it can be read with profit by lawyers, probation officers, police and others, students of all these professions and indeed by LGBTI people and others interested in progressive change in society.” (Brian Dempsey, SCOLAG, March, 2017) “The authors retrace the evolution of legislation regarding LGBT people, through to the right to same-sex marriage in 2014 – but also deal with the controversies which bring about, within LGBT communities, the struggle to obtain these rights which takes precedence at the expense of other issues.” (Translated from French, Gwénola Ricordeau, Champ Pénal, Penal field, Vol. 13, 2016)