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THREAD Following my justice question today, I am grateful that @HumzaYousaf has offered to meet criminologists concerned that crime is recorded according to the "self identified" gender of the perpetrator.
These criminologists would include the academic consultancy Murray Blackburn Mackenzie who produced this recent paper on the subject, sent to the @NACWGScot
@LucyHunterB @kathmurray1 @lnmackenzie1
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This is a UK wide issue - @metpoliceuk began recording crime according to self declared gender in 2009. However "gender identity" has no status in law, unlike sex, a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010 - see here
The English Crown Prosecution Service @hmcpsi operate same policy designed along with a number of trans lobby groups, many of whom are well funded from the public purse
This matters as most crimes of violence & nearly all sex offences are committed by natal males. That's not to say most males are violent or perverts. My male friends, colleagues, relatives are lovely. But male violence is statistically undeniable
Similarly, criminologists are not saying male to female trans people are more likely to offend. We don't have enough data on that. But this study found "transwomen" retained male pattern offending after transition. here journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
The Swedish survey concerned people who had surgery.. UK courts and police don't require that - they just accept people are the sex they claim, even if the offender looks like this dailyecho.co.uk/news/16953087.…
These cases are happening - just recently a male born offender who attacked two little girls in a toilet in Fife, was recorded as female and put in a female hostel! thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/…
