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Abolition. Feminism. Now. is a celebration of freedom work, a movement genealogy, a call to action, and a challenge to those who think of abolition and feminism as separate--even incompatible--political projects. In this remarkable collaborative work, leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie surface the often unrecognized genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, grassroots, and women-of-color-led feminist movements, struggles, and organizations that have helped to define abolition and feminism in the twenty-first century. This pathbreaking book also features illustrations documenting the work of grassroots organizers embodying abolitionist feminist practice. Amplifying the analysis and the theories of change generated out of vibrant community based organizing, Abolition. Feminism. Now. highlights necessary historical linkages, key internationalist learnings, and everyday practices to imagine a future where we can all thrive.

Racial profiling in law enforcement. --- Imprisonment. --- Feminism. --- Prison abolition movements. --- Police corruption. --- Racism.

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"In Love and Abolition, Alison Rose Reed traces how the social life of Black queer performance from the 1960s to the present animates the unfinished work of abolition. She grounds social justice-oriented reading and activist practices specifically in the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex, with far-reaching implications for how we understand affective response as a mobilizing force for revolutionary change. Reed identifies abolition literature as an emergent field of inquiry that emphasizes social relationships in the ongoing struggle to dismantle systems of coercion, criminalization, and control. Focusing on love as an affective modality and organizing tool rooted in the Black radical tradition's insistence on collective sociality amidst unrelenting state violence, Reed provides fresh readings of visionaries such as James Baldwin, Ntozake Shange, Sharon Bridgforth, and vanessa german. Both abolitionist manifesto and examination of how Black queer performance offers affective modulations of tough and tender love, Love and Abolition ultimately calls for a critical reconsideration of the genre of prison literature--and the role of the humanities--during an age of mass incarceration." --

Alternatives to imprisonment. --- Prison abolition movements. --- Love. --- Queer theory. --- African American prisoners --- Performing arts --- Radicalism. --- American literature --- African American prisoners --- Alternatives to imprisonment. --- American literature --- Love. --- Performing arts --- Prison abolition movements. --- Queer theory. --- Radicalism. --- Social conditions. --- Social aspects. --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- Social conditions. --- African American authors. --- Social aspects.

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"An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment. Despite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences are extremely harsh. Mass incarceration and its devastating impact on black communities have been widely condemned as neoslavery or "the new Jim Crow." Can the practice of imprisonment be reformed, or does justice require it to be ended altogether? In The Idea of Prison Abolition, Tommie Shelby examines the abolitionist case against prisons and its formidable challenge to would-be prison reformers. Philosophers have long theorized punishment and its justifications, but they haven't paid enough attention to incarceration or its related problems in societies structured by racial and economic injustice. Taking up this urgent topic, Shelby argues that prisons, once reformed and under the right circumstances, can be legitimate and effective tools of crime control. Yet he draws on insights from black radicals and leading prison abolitionists, especially Angela Davis, to argue that we should dramatically decrease imprisonment and think beyond bars when responding to the problem of crime. While a world without prisons might be utopian, The Idea of Prison Abolition makes the case that we can make meaningful progress toward this ideal by abolishing the structural injustices that too often lead to crime and its harmful consequences."

Criminology. Victimology --- Imprisonment --- Alternatives to imprisonment. --- Social aspects --- United States --- Social conditions --- Prison abolition movements. --- Emprisonnement --- Mouvements pour l'abolition des prisons. --- Substituts à l'emprisonnement --- Conditions sociales --- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. --- Imprisonment. --- Social conditions. --- Aspect social --- Social aspects. --- 2000-2099 --- United States.

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"Domestic violence is commonly assumed to be a bipartisan, nonpolitical issue, with politicians of all stripes claiming to work to end family violence. Nevertheless, the Violence Against Women Act expired for over 500 days between 2012 and 2013 due to differences between the U.S. Senate and House, demonstrating that legal protections for domestic abuse survivors are both highly political and highly vulnerable. Racial and gender politics, the move toward criminalization, reproductive justice concerns, gun control debates, and political interests are increasingly shaping responses to domestic violence, demonstrating the need for greater consideration of the interplay of politics, domestic violence, and how the law works in people's lives. [This book provides an] historical perspective on domestic violence responses in the United States. It grapples with the ways in which child welfare systems and civil and criminal justice responses intersect, and considers the different, overlapping ways in which survivors of domestic abuse are forced to cope with institutionalized discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status. The book also examines movement politics and the feminist movement with respect to domestic violence policies. The tensions discussed in this book, similar to those involved in the #metoo movement, include questions of accountability, reckoning, redemption, healing, and forgiveness. What is the future of feminism and the movements against gender-based violence and domestic violence? Readers are invited to question assumptions about how society and the legal system respond to intimate partner violence and to challenge the domestic violence field to move beyond old paradigms and contend with larger justice issues."--(4e de couverture).

Intimate partner violence --- Family violence --- Prevention. --- Law and legislation --- United States. --- Battering Court Syndrome. --- National Rifle Association (NRA). --- Title IX. --- Violence Against Women Act. --- abuse and neglect. --- access to justice. --- alternative forms of justice. --- autonomy. --- background checks. --- battered women’s movement. --- battered women’s syndrome. --- campus climate. --- campus sexual assault. --- carceral feminism. --- child abuse. --- congressional intent. --- corporal punishment. --- criminal justice. --- criminalization. --- crossover youth. --- cycle of abuse. --- discrimination. --- domestic violence. --- empowerment. --- failure to protect. --- family court. --- family justice. --- felony murder. --- firearms. --- gender bias. --- gender politics. --- gender-based violence. --- gun control. --- gun laws. --- gun violence. --- guns in the home. --- harm reduction. --- homicide-suicide. --- immigration status. --- intersectionality. --- intimate fatalities. --- intimate partner violence. --- intrafamilial violence. --- juvenile justice. --- law enforcement. --- legal consciousness. --- masculinities. --- mass shootings. --- mens rea. --- militarization. --- multi-system involvement. --- multidimensional empowerment. --- national action plan. --- national plan of action. --- parental discipline privilege. --- police discretion. --- police-perpetrated domestic abuse. --- prison abolition. --- prosecutorial abuse. --- protection orders. --- punishment. --- restorative justice. --- sexual assault. --- situational couple violence. --- social control. --- social movements. --- specialized courts. --- specialized justice. --- survivor. --- teen dating violence. --- victims’ rights. --- violence against women. --- women’s human rights.