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Documenting the reentry challenges for African-American women

By Douglas A. Berman

I just got a notice from the ACS folks about this new issue brief by Professor Geneva Brown titled ?The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Reentry: Challenges for African-American Women.? Here is a brief description of the document: In her Issue Brief, Professor Brown explores the cumulative difficulties faced by African-American women who are caught up in the criminal justice system today, particularly after they have served their sentences and are trying to return to their communities and families.  She argues that current criminal justice policies have an inordinate effect on the African-American community at every step of the process, and in many instances have a harsher impact on women than men, especially where the women are the heads of their households...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).