Abstract

In recent years, high profile cases involving the deadly use of force on men and boys of color have raised concerns about police interactions with people of color. In general, these highly publicized cases have consolidated the view that men of color are the primary targets. While this focus is important, it has led, nevertheless, to an overshadowing of women of color’s experiences with police violence and their perceptions of the police. In order to begin to fill this gap, this paper, using in-depth interviews with 49 women of color residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, explores their perceptions of the police and the factors that influence their views. Analysis of the narrative data revealed that women do not view the police positively and suggests that personal and vicarious experiences with the police through friends, family members and the media operated as influential factors that shaped their perceptions of police.

 抽象的

近年来，涉及对有色人种男子和男孩使用武力致命的引人注目的案件引起了人们对警察与有色人种互动的担忧。总的来说，这些广为人知的案件巩固了有色人种男性是主要目标的观点。尽管这种关注很重要，但它却导致了有色人种女性遭受警察暴力的经历以及她们对警察的看法被掩盖。为了填补这一空白，本文对居住在旧金山湾区的 49 名有色人种女性进行了深入访谈，探讨了她们对警察的看法以及影响她们观点的因素。对叙述数据的分析显示，女性对警察的看法并不积极，并表明通过朋友、家人和媒体与警察的个人和间接经历是影响她们对警察看法的影响因素。