Over-Policing Black Bodies

The Need for Multidimensional and Transformative Reforms
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-46003-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

The 2020 deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor rekindled decades old concerns about the legitimacy of policing. They ignited the international recognition that Black people are subjected to forms of police violence that exceed the boundaries of formal law and human decency. This book confirms that the Floyd and Taylor cases are not isolated incidents and provides suggestions toward prevention.

The contributors to the book have served on both sides of the criminal legal system. They have been those who were tasked with enforcing the law and those who have been subject to law enforcement. Consequently, they are able to identify specific failures of a system that focuses on race, specifically Blackness, as a primary indicator of criminal propensity. Through these chapters, the authors suggest academically, morally and practically sound corrective measures for moving toward a goal of equal, rather than discriminatory and excessively harmful, treatment under the law.

This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of Criminology, Race and Ethnic Studies, Politics, Human Rights, and Political Sociology. It was originally published as a special issue in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones-Brown, Delores D.

Williams, Jason M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. From the field: Why I founded Black Cops Against Police Brutality 2. Understanding the role of race, gender and age in request to consent search drivers 3. “I’m afraid of cops:” black protesters’ and residents’ perceptions of policing in the United States 4. U.S. policing as racialized violence and control: a qualitative assessment of black narratives from Ferguson, Missouri 5. Is it a rally or a riot? Racialized media framing of 2020 protests in the United States 6. Why we should stop using the term “Black-on-Black crime”: an analysis across disciplines 7. Reform or Revolution: 'Community Policing' is not a Quick-fix

Über Autor(innen)

Delores D. Jones-Brown, J.D., Ph.D. has written extensively on the intersection of race and injustice, with a particular focus on policing. She is Professor Emerita at the CUNY Graduate Center and is retired from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her current affiliations include Howard University and Randolph-Macon College.

Jason M. Williams, Ph.D., has written extensively on matters of race and gender. His work underscores racialized social control's role in society's institutions, especially the criminal justice system. He has published widely on policing, re-entry, and communities. He is Associate Professor of Justice Studies at Montclair State University.