Battle cries [[electronic resource] ] : Black women and intimate partner abuse / / Hillary Potter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780606103321
• Autore: Potter Hillary <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-8147-6847-4; 0-8147-6771-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/9208996073
• Soggetti: Intimate partner violence - United States; African American women - Abuse of; Abused women - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative -- 3. Dynamic Resistance -- 4. Surviving Childhood -- 5. Living Through It -- 6. Fighting Back -- 7. Getting Out -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Contrary to the stereotype of the “strong Black woman,” African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half times more than women of other races and ethnicities. This common portrayal can hinder black women seeking help and support simply because those on the outside don't think help is needed. Yet, as Hillary Potter argues in Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse, this stereotype often helps these African American women to resist and to verbally and physically retaliate against their abusers. Thanks to this generalization, Potter observes, black women are less inclined to label themselves as “victims” and more inclined to fight back.Battle Cries is an eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse, the methods used to contend with abusive mates, and ; the immediate and enduring consequences resulting from the maltreatment. Based on intensive interviews with 40 African American women abused by their male partners, Potter's analysis takes into account variations in their experiences based on socioeconomic class, education level, and age, and discusses the common abuses and perceptions they share. Combining her remarkable findings with black feminist thought and critical race theory, Potter offers a unique and significant window through which we can better understand this understudied though rampant social problem.

America's jails : the search for human dignity in an age of mass incarceration / / Derek S. Jeffreys

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808245003321
• Autore: Jeffreys Derek S. <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : New York University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-4798-4378-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Alternative criminology
• Disciplina: 365.34
• Soggetti: Prisoners - United States - Social conditions; Prisoners - Mental health - United States; Prisoners - Abuse of - United States; Imprisonment - Moral and ethical aspects - United States; Stigma (Social psychology) - United States; Jails - United States; Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States; Dignity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Degradation and Disorientation -- 2. What Is the Purpose of a Jail? -- 3. A Matter of Dignity -- 4. Why Do We Stigmatize Inmates? -- 5. What Can We Do? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America’s Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to provide an understanding of the jail experience from the inmates’ perspective, focusing on the stigma that surrounds incarceration. Using his research at Cook County Jail, the nation’s largest single-site jail, Jeffreys attests that jail inmates possess an inherent dignity that should govern how we treat them. Ultimately, fundamental changes in the U.S. jail system are necessary and America’s Jails provides specific policy recommendations for changing its poor conditions. Highlighting the experiences of inmates themselves, America’s Jails aims to shift public perception and understanding of jail inmates to center their inherent dignity and help eliminate the stigma attached to their incarceration. A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America’s Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to provide an understanding of the jail experience from the inmates’ perspective, focusing on the stigma that surrounds incarceration. Using his research at Cook County Jail, the nation’s largest single-site jail, Jeffreys attests that jail inmates possess an inherent dignity that should govern how we treat them. Ultimately, fundamental changes in the U.S. jail system are necessary and America’s Jails provides specific policy recommendations for changing its poor conditions. Highlighting the experiences of inmates themselves, America’s Jails aims to shift public perception and understanding of jail inmates to center their inherent dignity and help eliminate the stigma attached to their incarceration.