In attempting to create a US Black feminist philosophy, I have uncovered three lessons in US Black women’s social … theory. They are the following: 1) oppression is a multistable, social phenomenon; 2) many US Black women identify occupying … women will require grappling with politics of social spatiality. These insights are by no means new. However, the fact that …

This article provides a unified explanation for why blacks commit more crime, are located in poorer neighborhoods, and … opportunity cost of committing crime and become indeed more criminal than whites. Therefore, beliefs are self-fulfilling …

Emile Durkheim usually neglected gender differences in his discussions of law, punishment and crime, but he did provide … a few noteworthy comments on the relationship between gender and homicide. He argued that women commit more intentional … homicides than is commonly acknowledged, and he offered a partial explanation of why women, nonetheless, tend to commit fewer …

A significant number of women experience physical or sexual violence throughout their lives, with a considerable … portion of such incidents occurring in public spaces. Harmful social norms emphasizing men's power over women have been … against women during Holi. We analyze how perpetrators' and victims' gender norms drive violence against women. First, we find …