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The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique, Cynthia Grant Bowman Dec 2014

The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cynthia Grant Bowman

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence: Does The African Context Demand A Different Approach?, Cynthia Grant Bowman Dec 2014

Domestic Violence: Does The African Context Demand A Different Approach?, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cynthia Grant Bowman

No abstract provided.


Praxis And Pedagogy: Domestic Violence, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Eden Kusmiersky Dec 2014

Praxis And Pedagogy: Domestic Violence, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Eden Kusmiersky

Cynthia Grant Bowman

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence And The Politics Of Privacy, By Kristin A. Kelly [Book Review], Cynthia Grant Bowman Dec 2014

Domestic Violence And The Politics Of Privacy, By Kristin A. Kelly [Book Review], Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cynthia Grant Bowman

No abstract provided.


Join Us On Oct. 14 At Widener Law School For An Important Discussion On Ending Domestic Violence, Linda L. Ammons Oct 2014

Join Us On Oct. 14 At Widener Law School For An Important Discussion On Ending Domestic Violence, Linda L. Ammons

Linda L. Ammons

No abstract provided.


How Feminist Theory Became (Criminal) Law: Tracing The Path To Mandatory Criminal Intervention In Domestic Violence Cases, Claire Houston Oct 2014

How Feminist Theory Became (Criminal) Law: Tracing The Path To Mandatory Criminal Intervention In Domestic Violence Cases, Claire Houston

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Our popular understanding of domestic violence has shifted significantly over the past forty years, and with it, our legal response. We have moved from an interpretation of domestic violence as a private relationship problem managed through counseling techniques to an approach that configures domestic violence first and foremost as a public crime. Mandatory criminal intervention policies reflect and reinforce this interpretation. How we arrived at this point, and which understanding of domestic violence facilitated this shift, is the focus of this Article. I argue that the move to intense criminalization has been driven by a distinctly feminist interpretation of domestic …


Encouraging Victims: Responding To A Recent Study Of Battered Women Who Commit Crimes, Andrea L. Dennis, Carol E. Jordan Sep 2014

Encouraging Victims: Responding To A Recent Study Of Battered Women Who Commit Crimes, Andrea L. Dennis, Carol E. Jordan

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Severing Ties: The Case For Indefinite Orders Of Protection For Survivors Of Domestic Violence, Kelly M. Driscoll Aug 2014

Severing Ties: The Case For Indefinite Orders Of Protection For Survivors Of Domestic Violence, Kelly M. Driscoll

Montana Law Review

Severing Ties: The Case For Indefinite Orders Of Protection For Survivors Of Domestic Violence


Domestic Violence Victims - An Examination Of Advocates' Experiences And Impact On Services, Tanya M. Grant Jul 2014

Domestic Violence Victims - An Examination Of Advocates' Experiences And Impact On Services, Tanya M. Grant

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

This qualitative study examines advocates’ phenomenological experiences with victims of domestic violence, specifically whether advocates’ personal biases impede the delivery of services to victims. Agencies and shelters in the communities that serve victims of domestic violence are an invaluable resource; however, if advocates are not providing appropriate services, victims can often find themselves in a more traumatic state. Ten domestic violence advocates throughout the State of Connecticut were interviewed and asked a series of questions pertaining directly to their day-to-day roles. The study also examined their attitudes about domestic violence, their perceptions of the work they do, and whether or …


A Home With Dignity: Domestic Violence And Property Rights, Margaret E. Johnson Jan 2014

A Home With Dignity: Domestic Violence And Property Rights, Margaret E. Johnson

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article argues that the legal system should do more to address intimate partner violence and each party's need for a home for several reasons. First, domestic violence is a leading cause of individual and family homelessness. Second, the struggle over rights to a shared home can increase the violence to which the woman is subjected. And third, a woman who decides to continue to live with the person who abused her receives little or no legal support, despite the evidence that this decision could most effectively reduce the violence. The legal system's current failings result from its limited goals-achieving …


Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, Linda L. Bryant, James G. Dwyer Jan 2014

Promising Protection: 911 Call Records As Foundation For Family Violence Intervention, Linda L. Bryant, James G. Dwyer

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Murder, Minority, Victims, And Mercy, Aya Gruber Jan 2014

Murder, Minority, Victims, And Mercy, Aya Gruber

University of Colorado Law Review

Should the jury have acquitted George Zimmerman of Trayvon Martin's murder? Should enraged husbands receive a pass for killing their cheating wives? Should the law treat a homosexual advance as adequate provocation for killing? Criminal law scholars generally answer these questions with a resounding "no." Theorists argue that criminal laws should not reflect bigoted perceptions of African Americans, women, and gays by permitting judges and jurors to treat those who kill racial and gender minorities with undue mercy. According to this view, murder defenses like provocation should be restricted to ensure that those who kill minority victims receive the harshest …


Murder, Minority Victims, And Mercy, Aya Gruber Jan 2014

Murder, Minority Victims, And Mercy, Aya Gruber

Publications

Should the jury have acquitted George Zimmerman of Trayvon Martin's murder? Should enraged husbands receive a pass for killing their cheating wives? Should the law treat a homosexual advance as adequate provocation for killing? Criminal law scholars generally answer these questions with a resounding "no." Theorists argue that criminal laws should not reflect bigoted perceptions of African Americans, women, and gays by permitting judges and jurors to treat those who kill racial and gender minorities with undue mercy. According to this view, murder defenses like provocation should be restricted to ensure that those who kill minority victims receive the harshest …


Rethinking Domestic Violence, Rethinking Violence, Aya Gruber Jan 2014

Rethinking Domestic Violence, Rethinking Violence, Aya Gruber

Publications

No abstract provided.


Financial Freedom: Women, Money, And Domestic Abuse, Dana Harrington Conner Dec 2013

Financial Freedom: Women, Money, And Domestic Abuse, Dana Harrington Conner

Dana Harrington Conner

No abstract provided.