We'll Deal with it Later

African Nova Scotian Women's Perceptions and Experiences of the Police

Bibliographic Data

ID2609962
AuthorsJessica Bundy (0000-0001-7821-121X, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Jessica T Bundy
Year2019
Volume44
Issue4
Pages319-342
Publication date2019-12-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Canadian Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0318-6431 • E-ISSN: 1710-1123
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.29173/cjs29473
OpenAlexW2998166694
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited27

This case study explores the experiences of African Nova Scotian women in relation to the police. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with Black women living in a rural Nova Scotian community with a well-documented history of confrontations between the police and the Black community. Interviews explored their experiences with the police, their community's experiences with the police, and their relationship with the police. My analysis revealed that participants did not trust the police, felt targeted by the police, and did not feel protected by the police. Their perceptions of the police were shaped by their own interactions with the police - often as Black mothers - and the experiences of the Black men in their lives in rural Nova Scotia. Some had engaged in active resistance and protection of their community. This article explores how anti-Blackness affects Black women directly and indirectly, contributing to the existing scholarship about over-policing of Black communities

Community policing · Criminology · Ethnology · Nova scotia · Perception · Police department · Political science · Qualitative research · Rural community · Scholarship · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology

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