Multilevel experiences of carceral violence in Los Angeles, California

First-hand accounts from a racially diverse sample of transgender women

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098115
AutoresAbigail K Winiker (0000-0002-0146-1920, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, autor correspondente), Evan L Eschliman (0000-0001-6478-4615, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA), Edwina P Kisanga (Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA), Ohemaa B Poku (HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Columbia University and New York Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA), Ohemaa Poku (0000-0001-7658-2981, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute), Jury Candelario (APAIT/Special Service for Groups, Los Angeles, CA, USA), L Takahashi (0000-0001-5974-3456, University of Southern California), Lois M Takahashi, Karin Tobin (0000-0003-1000-979X, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ano2024
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas159-173
Data de publicação2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2023.2194353
PMID36995142
OpenAlexW4361269575
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas37

Transgender women face a disproportionate burden of carceral violence, or violence related to policing and the criminal legal system, with transgender women of colour experiencing even greater disparities. Several frameworks conceptualise the mechanisms through which violence impacts transgender women. However, none of them directly explore the role of carceral violence, particularly as it is experienced by transgender women themselves. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted with a racially/ethnically diverse sample of transgender women in Los Angeles between May and July 2020. Participants were between 23 – 67 years old. Participants identified as Black (n = 4), Latina (n = 4), white (n = 2), Asian (n = 2), and Native American (n = 2). Interviews assessed experiences of multilevel violence, including from police and law enforcement. Deductive and inductive coding methods were used to identify and explore common themes concerning carceral violence. Experiences of law enforcement-perpetrated interpersonal violence were common and included physical, sexual and verbal abuse. Participants also highlighted structural violence, including misgendering, the non-acceptance of transgender identities, and police intentionally failing to uphold laws that could protect transgender women. These results demonstrate the pervasive, multilevel nature of carceral violence perpetrated against transgender women and suggest avenues for future framework development, trans-specific expansions of carceral theory, and system-wide institutional change

Criminology · Interpersonal violence · Medical emergency · Men who have sex with men · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Transgender · Transgender women · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Demography · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology