Poster #136 - Capturing Black Women and Police Violence in Chicago

• In Event: Poster Session II (posters 80 – 155)

Abstract

Over 120 African American men were tortured by the Chicago Police Department between 1972-1991; as the public awareness around the scandal has grown, little to nothing has been said about the women who were also victims of the Chicago Torture scandal. This continues a trend of silencing and erasing black women in their own stories regarding police violence. To curb this, DePaul University's criminology department has partnered with The Chicago Torture Justice Center to engage in critical paticipatory research with a female survivor of torture. The first phase of research is a survey that illuminates the scope of police brutality against black women across the Chicagoland area; the results of that survey will be presented here in poster format.

Authors

• Alexis F. Turner, DePaul University

• LaTanya Sublett, Chicago Torture Justice Center

• Melissa Elizabeth Swauncy-Coleman, DePaul University