A Feminist Critique of Police Stops

Name: A Feminist Critique of Police Stops
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108710879
Price: 428.74 HKD
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Author: Josephine Ross
ISBN: 9781108710879

By Josephine Ross

Cambridge University Press December 2020

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ISBN-13: 9781108710879
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

A Feminist Critique of Police Stops examines the parallels between stop-and-frisk policing and sexual harassment. Law professor Josephine Ross trained teenagers to protect their rights only to discover that our constitutional rights are a mirage. In reality, we can't say no when police seek to question or search us.

Building on feminist principles, Ross demonstrates why the Supreme Court got it wrong when it allowed police to stop, search and sometimes strip-search people and call it consent. Using a wide range of sources - including her law students' experiences with police, news stories about Eric Garner and Sandra Bland, social science and the work of James Baldwin - Ross sheds new light on how police use stop-and-frisk to threaten and marginalize vulnerable communities.

This book should be read by everyone interested in how Court-approved police stops sap everyone's constitutional rights and how this form of policing can be eliminated.

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

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