Policing Is Reproductive Oppression
How Policing and Carceral Systems Criminalize Parenting and Maintain Reproductive Oppression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5937064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maya Pendleton (upEND Movement, Houston, TX 77204, USA), Alan J Dettlaff (0000-0002-4042-7282, University of Houston) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 515 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci13100515 |
| OpenAlex | W4402991380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
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 reproductive violence and oppression that began centuries ago. This paper uses a reproductive justice framework to explore how the history of criminalizing pregnancy, surveilling Black and Indigenous communities, and denying reproductive autonomy are connected to and maintained by the present-day family policing system. In doing so, this paper expands on existing literature to create a stronger link and build solidarity between the movements against family policing and reproductive oppression
Criminology · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Population · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |