Carceral Feminism - Books

Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism Race and Gender +2

No More Police: A Case for Abolition

Mariame Kaba, Andrea J. Ritchie (2022)

No More Police: A Case for Abolition connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism Transformative Justice +2

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth E. Richie (2022)

This collaborative work traces abolition feminism through women-of-color, queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, and grassroots movement histories.

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Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism Social Justice +2

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms

Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law (2020)

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Disability Justice Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism +2

Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition

Liat Ben-Moshe (2020)

Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Carceral Feminism Prison Abolition Anti-Sexual Violence +2

All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence

Emily L. Thuma (2019)

Emily Thuma traces organizing by criminalized and marginalized women in anti-violence movements, challenging mainstream feminist reliance on the criminal legal system.

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Race and Gender Black Feminism Carceral Feminism +2

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

Andrea J. Ritchie (2017)

Andrea Ritchie documents police violence against Black women, Indigenous women, immigrant women, sex workers, and trans women whose experiences are often erased from public narratives.

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Black Feminism Education Equality Race and Gender +2

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Monique W. Morris (2016)

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Women of Color Feminism Anti-Sexual Violence Carceral Feminism +2

Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology

INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (2016)

Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Trans Feminism Prison Abolition Queer Theory +2

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex

Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith (2015)

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Black Feminism Carceral Feminism Anti-Sexual Violence +2

Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation

Beth E. Richie (2012)

Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Queer Theory Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism +2

Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, Kay Whitlock (2011)

Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Prison Abolition Carceral Feminism Black Feminism +2

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis (2003)

Angela Y. Davis’s classic short book denaturalizes prisons as historical institutions and asks readers to imagine justice and safety beyond incarceration.

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