Transgender People Involved with Carceral Systems: International Perspectives

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Matthew Maycock PhD is a senior lecturer in Criminology at Monash University. He was previously a Baxter Fellow in Community Education at the University of Dundee. Matthew previously working within the criminal justice system in Scotland as a Learning and Development Researcher at the Scottish Prison Service. Matthew is an anthropologist by training and undertook his PhD at the University of East Anglia (UK) and leads on an ongoing longitudinal study analysing modern slavery and freedom in Nepal through the theoretical lens of masculinity. Throughout various studies Matthew has consistently worked on gender issues with critical studies on men and masculinity being a particular focus. Matthew is the co-editor of four edited collections all focusing on aspects of life in prison and he sits on the editorial board of three journals as well as being an editor of the International Journal of Prisoner Health.Valerie Jenness is a Distinguished Professor of Criminology Law and Society at the University of California Irvine. She is the author of four books and many articles published in sociology law criminology and gender journals. Her work on prostitution hate crime prison violence transgender prisoners and prison grievance systems has been honored with awards from half a dozen professional organizations and informed public policy and she has received national recognition for teaching and mentoring. She has served as President of the American Society of Criminology the Society for the Study of Social Problems and the Pacific Sociological Association.Saoirse OShea Im a nonbinary person who underwent gender affirming surgery in December 2020. Ive worked as an academic in UK based universities since 2000 and am currently employed as a senior lecturer (associate professor). I sometimes write about my lived experiences as a nonbinary person and on gender queer theory and queer(y)ing gender and academic theory. I have published with Olga Suhomlinova and others various articles concerned with the lived experiences of transgender people in contact with the criminal justice system in England and Wales in British Journal of Criminology The International Journal of Mental Health and a chapter in Advances in Gender Research 32 Advances in Trans Studies (Johnson A.H. Baker A. Rogers T. and Taylor T. eds.). Olga and i are also currently writing a book for publication in 2024 Transgender and non-binary prisoners experiences in England and Wales: Coming Out based on our longitudinal research. I like cats chocolate fashion and tattoos.