Policing the National Body: Race, Gender and Criminalization in the United States

This anthology explores the ways in which women of colour are monitored, criminalised and regulated.This collection of essays places issues of race, class, and gender at the centre of the reproductive rights and social justice agendas by focusing on a key concern among women of colour and poor communities today â__ the difficulty of maintaining families and sustaining community in the face of increasing criminalisation and surveillance.Contributors include Judith Scully, Cynthia Chandler, Carol Kingery, Syd lindsley, Pat Hynes, Janice Hamond, Rajani Bhatia, Betsy Hatman, Andrea Smith, Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross and Anne Hendrixson.