TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers stopping LGBTI people from accessing LGBTI police liaison officers
T2 - analysing interviews with community and police
AU - Dwyer, Ange
AU - Ball, Matthew
AU - Lee, Murray
AU - Crofts, Thomas
AU - Bond, Christine
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Police liaison programs that support LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex) people might go by many names (including GLLOs, LGBTI police liaison officers, etc.), but they have become the key model for providing police service enhancements for LGBTI people. These programs now dominate approaches used by police to build relationships between police and LGBTI communities, yet research on the effectiveness of these programs is limited. This paper examines interview data from LGBTI people and LGBTI police liaison officers in three states in Australia. The interviews were part of a broader study of LGBTI police liaison programs, which included a survey of LGBTI people about the issues they think impact upon these programs. The analysis demonstrates the key issues that stop LGBTI people from seeking support from LGBTI police liaison officers and how we might potentially improve this situation.
AB - Police liaison programs that support LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex) people might go by many names (including GLLOs, LGBTI police liaison officers, etc.), but they have become the key model for providing police service enhancements for LGBTI people. These programs now dominate approaches used by police to build relationships between police and LGBTI communities, yet research on the effectiveness of these programs is limited. This paper examines interview data from LGBTI people and LGBTI police liaison officers in three states in Australia. The interviews were part of a broader study of LGBTI police liaison programs, which included a survey of LGBTI people about the issues they think impact upon these programs. The analysis demonstrates the key issues that stop LGBTI people from seeking support from LGBTI police liaison officers and how we might potentially improve this situation.
KW - LGBTI
KW - police
KW - liaison programs
KW - barriers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087784027&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1478601x.2020.1786280
DO - 10.1080/1478601x.2020.1786280
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-601X
VL - 33
SP - 256
EP - 275
JO - Criminal Justice Studies
JF - Criminal Justice Studies
IS - 3
ER -