Neighborhood Watch - Shawn E. Fields

Neighborhood Watch

Policing White Spaces in America

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
250 Seiten
2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79350-6 (ISBN)
29,90 inkl. MwSt
Neighborhood Watch weaves history, law, neuroscience, and personal narrative to examine the ways private citizens police Black people in America to maintain de facto color lines. The book makes a compelling case that the criminal legal system, policing, and society at large requires a radical racial reordering.
Although racism has plagued the American justice system since the nation's colonial beginnings, private White Americans are taking matters into their own hands. From racist 911 calls and hoaxes to grassroots voter suppression and vigilante 'self-defense,' concerted efforts are made every day by private citizens to exclude Black Americans from schools, neighborhoods, and positions of power. Neighborhood Watch examines the specific ways people police America's color line to protect 'White spaces.' The book charts how these actions too often result in harassment, arrest, injury, or death, yet typically go unchecked. Instead, these actions are promoted and encouraged by legislatures looking to expand racially discriminatory laws, a police system designed to respond with force to any frivolous report of Black 'mischief,' and a Supreme Court that has abdicated its role in rejecting police abuse. To combat these realities, Neighborhood Watch offers preliminary recommendations for reform, including changes to the 'maximum policing' state, increased accountability for civilians who abuse emergency response systems, and proposals to demilitarize the color line.

Shawn Fields is a legal scholar, civil rights attorney, and criminal justice reform advocate. He has represented dozens of clients challenging unconstitutional criminal detentions, and currently teaches Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law at Campbell University School of Law. He previously opened the first refugee rights law office in East Africa, representing over 500 refugees in status determination hearings. Shawn lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife and their two children.

Introduction: a personal protection agency; 1. Cycles of racial fear; 2. White caller crime; 3. Just a hunch; 4. Defending white space; 5. Unqualified immunity; 6. Permanent fear; 7. Rethinking maximum policing; 8. Resisting a 'shoot first, think later' culture; Epilogue: 'send her back'.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 228 mm
Gewicht 320 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10 1-108-79350-9 / 1108793509
ISBN-13 978-1-108-79350-6 / 9781108793506
Zustand Neuware
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