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Policing black bodies : how black lives are surveilled and how to work for change / Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hattery, Angela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Summary:
- "In this provocative book, the authors connect the regulation of African American people in many settings into a powerful narrative. Completely updated throughout, the book now includes a new chapter on policing black athletes' bodies and expanded coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, policing trans bodies, and policing Black women's bodies"--
- Contents:
- Setting the stage
- Social protest, or a logical response to policing black bodies
- Mass incarceration
- School-to-prison pipeline
- The prison-industrial complex : the new plantation economy
- Policing black women's bodies
- Policing trans bodies
- Police killings of unarmed black people
- The ultimate failure : exoneration
- Policing black athletes' bodies
- Intersectionality, color-blind racism, and a call to action.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5381-4255-4
- 9781538151211
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