England and Wales’ current criminal justice policy prioritises the wishes and feelings of those who identify as transgender and needs to be reviewed as “a matter of urgency,” a conservative think tank has argued.
In its latest paper published on Monday (pdf), the London-based Policy Exchange think tank addressed the impact of policies and practices within the criminal justice system in England and Wales which classify and treat suspects, defendants in criminal trials, and convicted offenders on the basis of their “gender identity” rather than their biological sex.
Its author said that these “policies are not aligned with the law and have developed in the absence of public scrutiny or democratic consensus,” and that “they need to be reviewed as a matter of urgency.”…