222: The Case for Decriminalizing Domestic Violence w/Leigh Goodmark Public Defenseless

Today, Hunter starts on part one of a three-part series on criminalized survivors of domestic violence. Kicking off this miniseries is Professor Leigh Goodmark. A former Public Defender herself, Leigh brings multiple decades of experience working with and writing about criminalized domestic violence survivors. On today’s episode, Hunter and Leigh primarily discuss her journey to abolition, decriminalization, and the stories/data that made her conclude that the carceral system is not the appropriate response for domestic violence.
 
 
Guests:
Leigh Goodmark, Professor of Law and Director of Gender Prison and Trauma Clinic, University of Maryland School of Law.
 
 
Resources:
Get a Copy of Imperfect Victims
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520391123/imperfect-victims
Get a Copy of Decriminalizing domestic Violence
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520295575/decriminalizing-domestic-violence
Contact Leigh
https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=982
Compelled to Crime
https://www.amazon.com/Compelled-Crime-Gender-Entrapment-Battered/dp/0415911451
 
 
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