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Correctional staff knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward incarcerated trans people: A scoping review of an emerging literature
International Journal of Transgender Health, Vol.25(2), pp.149-166
2024
PMID: 38681490
Abstract
Background: Trans people are incarcerated at disproportionately high rates relative to cisgender people and are at increased risk of negative experiences while incarcerated, including poor mental health, violence, sexual abuse, dismissal of self-identity, including poor access to healthcare.Aims: This scoping review sought to identify what is known about the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of correctional staff toward incarcerated trans people within the adult and juvenile justice systems.Method: This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the five-stage iterative process developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005), utilizing the PRISMA guidelines and checklist for scoping reviews and included an appraisal of included papers. A range of databases and grey literature was included. Literature was assessed against predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, with included studies written in English, online full text availability, and reported data relevant to the research question.Results: Seven studies were included with four using qualitative methodologies, one quantitative, and two studies employing a mixed methods approach. These studies provided insights into the systemic lack of knowledge and experience of correctional staff working with trans people, including staff reporting trans issues are not a carceral concern, and carceral settings not offering trans-affirming training to their staff. Within a reform-based approach these findings could be interpreted as passive ignorance and oversights stressing the importance of organizational policies and leadership needing to set standards for promoting the health and wellbeing of incarcerated trans persons.Conclusions: From a transformational lens, findings from this study highlight the urgent need to address the underlying structural, systemic, and organizational factors that impact upon the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors staff have and hold in correctional, and other health and community settings to meaningfully and sustainably improve health, wellbeing, and gender-affirming treatment and care for trans communities, including make possible alternative methods of accountability for those who do harms.
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- Title
- Correctional staff knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward incarcerated trans people: A scoping review of an emerging literature
- Authors
- Kirstie Daken - University of Southern QueenslandTarra Excell - University of Southern QueenslandKirsty A. Clark - Vanderbilt UniversityJaclyn M. W. Hughto - Brown UniversityTait Sanders - University of Southern QueenslandJoseph Debattista - Metro North Health (Australia)Carol du Plessis - University of Southern QueenslandAmy B. Mullens - Queensland University of TechnologyTania M. Phillips - University of Southern QueenslandJessica Gildersleeve - University of Southern QueenslandAnnette Bromdal (Corresponding Author) - University of Southern Queensland
- Publication details
- International Journal of Transgender Health, Vol.25(2), pp.149-166
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1080/26895269.2023.2265386
- ISSN
- 2689-5277; 2689-5269
- PMID
- 38681490
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the University of Southern Queensland through an Internal Research Capacity Grant with the last author (AB) as the lead investigator [Project ID 1007573, 2020].
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991201543202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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