Policing Is Reproductive Oppression: How Policing and Carceral Systems Criminalize Parenting and Maintain Reproductive Oppression

Since the era of chattel slavery, the state has used institutionalized abuse and violence as a tool for reproductive control. Today, public institutions and social services have been established by the state to police and surveil the behavior of poor communities and parents to maintain the reproduct...

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Published in:	Social Sciences
Main Authors:	Maya Pendleton, Alan J. Dettlaff
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Subjects:	family policing child welfare policing reproductive justice criminalization abolition
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/10/515