Why Would Feminists Trust the Police?: A tangled history of resistance and complicity

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Author Leah Cowan
Format Paperback
Publisher Verso Books
Publication Date 2024-06-11
Pages 240
ISBN-13 9781804293034

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Every week it seems there is a fresh scandal involving abhorrent, racist, misogynist behaviour by police officers. Yet these are the very people women are supposed to approach for help when faced with violence. And many feminists, hoping to use the criminal justice system to protect women, fight for stronger laws and longer sentences for those who harm them.

Why Would Feminists Trust the Police? traces the history of British feminism’s alliances and struggles with the law and its enforcers. Drawing on the legacy of Black British feminism, Leah Cowan reminds us of the vibrant and creative alternatives envisioned by those who have long known the truth: the police aren’t feminist, and the law does not keep women safe.

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Weight 0.222 kg
Dimensions 1.4 × 14 × 21 cm
Author

Leah Cowan

Publisher

Verso Books

Imprint

Verso Books

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9781804293034

Publication Date

2024-06-11

Publication Year

2024

Pages

240

Country of Publication

GB

Language

English

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