Racialized, Sexualized, and Criminalized: Carceral Citizenship of Black Women

Black women in the criminal legal system have distinct racialized, gendered, and classed experiences as a result of their intersectional identities. Carceral citizenship (Miller and Stuart 2017), an alternative form of citizenship in which individuals with criminal records simultaneously experience...

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Published in:Critical criminology (Richmond, B.C.) B.C.), 2023-09, Vol.31 (3), p.635-652
Main Author: Henry, Felicia A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black people
Criminalization
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Feminism
Law and Criminolgy
Oppression
Women
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Summary:Black women in the criminal legal system have distinct racialized, gendered, and classed experiences as a result of their intersectional identities. Carceral citizenship (Miller and Stuart 2017), an alternative form of citizenship in which individuals with criminal records simultaneously experience disadvantages and advantages of membership, largely does not discuss the experiences of Black women. Its application to Black women, however, demonstrates that carceral citizenship extends instead of introduces social control in the lives of Black women, an efficient dehumanizing tool for differential outcomes in the lives of Black women. Their carceral citizenship is borne out of their standing as citizens within the US—a belonging not fully afforded. However, Black women carceral citizens demonstrate individual and collective resistance against the longstanding surveillance and criminalization perpetuated by the criminal legal system, working tirelessly on behalf of others in line with the legacies of Black women’s resistance.
ISSN:1205-8629
1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-023-09695-8