The Secrets of Silence : The Everyday Policing of Black Women and Their Stories about Violence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalez, Shannon Malone.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Why black women's stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence In The Secrets of Silence , Shannon Malone Gonzalez investigates how the policing of black women is tied to the policing of their stories.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

1. "I Wish I Was Taught to Be Okay in Me": The Space Between the Talks and Vulnerabilities to Violence

2. "What Happens in Our House" / "You Don't Call the Police on Your Family": The Space Between Home and Police Contact

3. "He's Just Gonna Be Right Back Out There": The Space Between Violence Definitions and Disclosure of Police Gender-Based and Sexual Violence

4. "I Was Kinda Scared to Report It": The Space Between Speaking and Intracommunal Backlash and Police Retaliation

5. "When We Gather": The Space Between Lived Experiences and Self-Definition

Conclusion

Appendix A: A Brief Note on Methods, Continued

Appendix B: Demographic Tables

Appendix C: Phase 2 Interview Guide

Appendix D: Final Survey Measures for Types of Police Violence

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-26047-8

OCLC:

1526860197