“Decriminalizing domestic violence—deepmphasizing the criminal legal system’s role in responding to intimate partner violence—will enable the United States to develop a multi-faceted policy approach and could be a first step in rethinking our response to violent crime.”
—Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
On Vice on HBO, law professor Leigh Goodmark discusses how, despite our best efforts, “we are really failing to do any kind of preventative work to stop domestic violence before it starts.”
See Leigh at theses events this Spring:
- Thursday, January 31, Washington, D.C.: Howard University, School of Law
- Friday, March 15, Carlisle, PA: Penn State Dickinson Law
- May 30, Washington, D.C.: Law and Society Author Meets Reader panel
- June 15-16, Gainesville, FL: Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence
- October 2, Boone, NC: Appalachian State Humanities Council Symposium
And read the introduction of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence.
