Beth E. Richie and bell hooks
The last public event of the bell hooks residency, at St. Norbert College, provides a stimulating lecture with Beth Richie and bell hooks. Richie is the author of Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation.
For those who have an interest in the carceral state and its impact upon race, gender and class, the book is an important contribution.
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Additional Resources
Books:
"Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools" by Monique W. Morris (2016) - Focuses on the experiences and factors leading to the criminalization of Black girls in the U.S. education system.
"Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation" by Beth E. Richie (2012) - Examines violence against Black women and the role of prisons in Black women's lives.
"Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Y. Davis (2003) - Critiques the prison system and argues for prison abolition. Discusses the impacts on marginalized groups including Black women.
Articles:
Blackman, Julie (1990). “Emerging Images of Severely Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System,” in Behavioral Sciences and the Law, vol 8, pp. 121-130
Vanstone, Maurice (1990). “Black Women’s Experiences of Criminal Justice/ Black Women and the Justice System / The Female Offender: Girls, Women and Crime,” in Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. vol 38(1), p. 102
Gross, Kali N. and Cheryl D. Hicks, “Introduction – Gendering the Carceral State: African American Women, History and the Criminal Justice System,”
"Using Black Feminist Thought to Inform Higher Education Research, Practice, and Policy" by Cynthia Dillard, in Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (2021). Discusses applying Black feminist perspectives to understanding marginalization in education.
Websites:
The Sentencing Project - Research and advocacy organization with resources on race and incarceration, including fact sheets on Black women and girls.
African American Policy Forum - Research and advocacy reports on a variety of issues affecting Black women and girls.