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1 results foundAuthor: Prison Policy Initiative Title: Policing Women: Race and Gender Disparities in Police Stops, Searches, and Use of Force Summary: Jails have been described as the criminal justice system's "front door," but jail incarceration typically begins with the police, with an arrest. Before any bail hearing, pretrial detention, prosecution, or sentencing, there is contact with the police. But despite their crucial role in the process, we know less about these police encounters than other stages of the criminal justice system. In particular, the experiences of women and girls - especially Black women and other women of color - are lost in the national conversation about police practices. They are also largely invisible in the the data. But as Andrea Ritchie details in Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, women, too, are subject to racial profiling, use of excessive force, and any number of violations of their rights and dignity by police. In fact, women make up an increasing share of arrests and report much more use of force than they did twenty years ago. Yet while increasing recognition of women as a growing share of prison and jail populations has prompted facilities to adopt gender-responsive policies and practices, women's rising share of arrests and other police contact has received less attention and policy response. Details: Northampton, Massachusetts: Prison Policy Initiative, 2019. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 7, 2019 at: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2019/05/14/policingwomen/ Year: 2019 Country: United States URL: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2019/05/14/policingwomen/ Shelf Number: 156214 Keywords: Black Women Incarceration Jails Police Racial Profiling Women of Color |