A combination of forces -- Voices unheard -- Police and Black women -- Community sentences -- Experiences of courts and lawyers -- Beatrice's case -- Black women in prison -- Hopes and ambitions -- Appendix: Historical background to modern-day problems of "immigrant" labour in Britain
Summary
This text looks at the multiple hazards of discrimination - on the basis of race, gender and class - faced by black women who come into contact with the criminal justice process. It contains extracts from interviews with black women prisoners and background information about discrimination
