Voices from the Sidelines: Black Women’s Experiences of Police Use of Excessive Force

Madelyn G. Harris, LaShawnda Fields, Robert O. Motley, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, School of Social Work, University of Arkansas, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill

Journal of Black Psychology

Published online on November 29, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Black Psychology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 639-671, September 2026.
Black women are at unique risk of being victimized directly and vicariously by police brutality. Yet, prominent narratives surrounding anti-Black police brutality center the systematic criminalization of Black men or engage the matter from a gender-...