A Feminist Critique of Police Stops

ISBN-13: 9781108710879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Josephine Ross

Opis

If you've dreamed of walking free of sexual harassment, you will understand why it's time to end stop-and-frisk policing.

Recenzje

'This book will be of interest to scholars in law, policy, race and ethnic relations, sociology, human rights, and social justice, and should become one of the key frameworks from which interactions with police are understood.' Eileen Avery, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Bye, Bye Bill of Rights: 1. Waive your rights: that's how stops and frisks were meant to work; 2. The most dangerous right: walking away from an officer; 3. Consenting to searches: what we can learn from feminist critiques of sexual assault laws; 4. Punishing disrespect: no free speech allowed here; 5. Beyond Miranda's reach: how stop-and-frisk undermines the right to silence; Part II. The Fallout: 6. The frisk: 'injuries to manhood' and to womanhood; 7. Invisible scars: Terry's psychological toll; 8. High court camouflage: how the Supreme Court hides police aggression and racial animus.