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Failed Interventions: Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, And The Criminalization Of Survival, Alaina Richert
Failed Interventions: Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, And The Criminalization Of Survival, Alaina Richert
Michigan Law Review
Over the last decade, state legislators have enacted statutes acknowledging the link between criminal behavior and trauma resulting from domestic violence and human trafficking. While these interventions take a step in the right direction, they still have major shortcomings that prevent meaningful relief for survivor-defendants. Until now, there has been no systematic overview of the statutes that require courts to consider a defendant’s history of trauma in the contexts of domestic violence and human trafficking. There has also been no attempt to explore how these statutes relate to each other. This Note fills those gaps. It also identifies essential elements …
Home Is Where The Crime Is, I. Bennett Capers
Home Is Where The Crime Is, I. Bennett Capers
Michigan Law Review
Think of home. Go on. Maybe not your parents' home, which for this reviewer would be enough to induce heavy breathing and general anxiety. Rather, think about the concept of home. Think about the idea of home. Think about Home with a capital letter. Think of home as in The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's famous "There's no place like home." Think "home sweet home." Or "home is where the heart is." Go on. Of course, there may be other associations that come to mind when one thinks of home. There's security. Safety. Control. Home rule. After all, in the …
The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review
The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Home Front: Notes from the Family War Zone by Louise Armstrong