Growing Up Policed Mini-ConferenceDecember 1, 2011

Jessie Daniels, PhD CUNY- Graduate Center and Hunter College

Juanita Bell, M.A.CUNY-John Jay College

“LGBT Youth of Color, Mobile Technology & Resistance to

Policing: Preliminary Data from the SJS

Project”

<Background>

NYPD Arrests in NYC Schools, July-Sept, 2011

6%

94%

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20%

30%

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Black or Latino White

NYPD Arrests in NYC Schools, July-Sept, 2011

17%

83%

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Male Female

NYPD Arrests in NYC Schools, July-Sept, 2011

13%

54%

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Disorderly Conduct Riding Bicycle on Sidewalk

NYPD Arrests in NYC Schools, July-Sept, 2011

63%

37%

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Bronx, Queens Manhattan, Bronx, StatenIsland

<Technology>

“smart” phones = Internet is mobile

*Pew Internet & American Life Project

93% 90%84%

70%

40%

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Teens 12-17 Adults 18-29 Adults 30-49 Adults 50-64 Adults 65+

Is the “digital divide” a useful concept for understanding the experiences

…of LGBT youth of color?…including homeless LGBT youth, many of whom are Black and/or Latino/a?

How does mobile technology shape police contact …for LGBT youth of

color?…including homeless LGBT youth, many of whom are Black and/or Latino/a?

<Quantitative Sample>

<SJS Study>

<Supplement>

Mobile Technology & Police

87%

75%

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20%

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100%

Youth - SJS Youth - Overall U.S.*

* Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010

(SJS Suppl N=479)

89%

25%

0%

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100%

Youth - SJS (18-24) Older - SJS (50+)

(SJS Suppl N = 479)

58%

69%

30%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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70%

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90%

100%

Access the Internet Send or Receive TextMessages

Meet Someone New toDate

Ever Had Contact with Police?(SJS Suppl N=479)

41%

26% 28%

0%

10%

20%

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Questioned Detained Arrested

Use Your Phone to Avoid Police Contact?(SJS Suppl N=479)

56%

5%

8%

6%

14%

Never

Less Than Once a Week

At Least Once a Week

Several Times a Week

Every Day

Use Your Phone to Record Police Misconduct?(SJS Suppl N=479)

56%

10%

8%

6%

14%

NeverLess Than Once a WeekAt Least Once a WeekSeveral Times a Week

Every Day

<What predicted mobile technology use to negotiate police

contact than others?>

Women were less likely to use mobile phones….

…yet, parents were more likely to use mobile phones.

<What Does This Tell Us?>

“digital divide” is a disabling rhetoric that is not supported by all the data…

…for LGBT youth of color,…including homeless LGBT youth, many of whom are Black and/or Latino/a.

mobile technology permeates life

“One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital

…from the real.

In the future, that will become literally impossible.” ~ William Gibson

police & lgbt youth of color

LGBT youth of color use mobile technology to avoid police contact, resist police harassment

…and to report misconduct,both LGBT youth of color who are in stable housing and those who are not.

When asked about their priorities, LGBT youth of color said

police harassment is a major concern.LGBT homeless youth are most concerned about mental health issues.

resilience

Perhaps we need to shift our thinking away from digital divides to

thinking of technology as a basic human right, like clean water or healthy food.

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