2025/07/28 by Mariam Swehli, Carol Rivas, Gillian Stokes · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2524600
openalex publication_date 2025/07/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
This article critiques how colour-blind policies perpetuate racial stratification in the British criminal justice system. An examination of racial disparities faced by minoritised racial and ethnic women throughout the system, including biased media and policing, sentencing disparities, the overrepresentation in prisons, and how the body is treated in prison, is presented through a colonial and socio-political context. It argues that policies must take an intersectional approach, with consideration of the impact of wider societal beliefs on women from racial and ethnic minorities. To move away from racial hierarchies, the government must acknowledge the historical and continued injustice that colour-blind policies foster in the criminal justice system for women from racial and ethnic minoritised populations.