Minority women are victims in many fields, and risk assessment technologies are one and the same.
by Marcella Synder, 2021
Black feminism highlights the many disadvantages related to gender and race that shape the experiences of non-white women. Black women are more likely than Latina and White women to be stopped by the police. Black women are more likely to be stopped by the police than black men. The rates of arrests of women, of any color, have drastically increased, along with the arrest rates of minorities in general. Not only are these black women exposed to racial bias and mistreatment, the fact that they are women places them at an even greater risk for sexual,physical, and emotional abuse in prison. Nearly one third of all black women in prison are suffering from mental illness. Law enforcement careers, such as police officers and prison guards, are white-male dominated. These men are in positions of power over these women, placing them in an extremely vulnerable state.
Sources
-Prison Policy Initiative . (2019, May 14). Policing women: Race and gender disparities in police stops, searches, and use of Force. Visit Prison Policy Initiative's website. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2019/05/14/policingwomen/.
-Giddens, A., Applebaum, R. P., & Carr, D. (2021). Chapters 10. In M. Duneier (Ed.), Introduction to Sociology (Seagull, Vol. 12, pp. 1–855). essay, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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