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Policing Black bodies : how Black lives are surveilled and how to work for change
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"In this 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 polici...
"In this 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"--
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- Creator
- Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Updated edition
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- ©2021
- Physical Details
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- xv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781538151211, 1538151219, 9781538142547, 1538142546, 9781538142554, 9781538142554
- OCLC
- on1224042226
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-303) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Racism in criminal justice administration -- United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
- Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States.
- Police brutality -- United States.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.