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Whose views count? Losing sight of sex in the Police Scotland ‘Your Police’ survey

Several Conservative PCCs have spoken out in recent weeks about the importance of ensuring police forces record sex-based data, not just self-identified gender. However, Police Scotland refused in a recent survey, insisting "we do not need to know". Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie of the MurrayBlackburnMackenzie Policy Analysis Collective argue this approach marginalises and endangers women, and risks the force being unable to meet its own legal obligations.

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