Perpetual Suspects A Critical Race Theory of Black and Mixed-Race Experiences of Policing

Perpetual Suspects A Critical Race Theory of Black and Mixed-Race Experiences of Policing / by Lisa J. Long.

Grounded in Critical Race Theory (CRT), this book examines black and mixed-race men and women’s experiences of policing in the UK. Through an intersectional analysis of race, class and gender it analyses the construction of the suspect, illuminating the ways in which race and racism(s) shape police...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Long, Lisa J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Critical criminology.
Police.
Victimology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Ethnicity.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Racialisation and Criminalisation of ‘Blackness’
  • 3. Policing the Racialised Other
  • 4. ‘Babylon remove the chain, now they’re using the brain’: Race and the perpetual suspect
  • 5.The (Un)Victim of Crime: Racialised victims and the Police
  • 6. Gendered Experiences of Racialised Policing
  • 7. Race, Class and Belonging
  • 8. A Critical Race Theory of Racialised Policing?

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