RT Article
T1 A Legal and Policy Argument for Bail Denial and Preventative Treatment for Batterers in the United States
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 28
IS 4
SP 311
OP 326
A1 Beichner, Dawn
A1 Anderson, Daniel
A1 Garner, Anne
A1 Ogle, Robbin
A2 Anderson, Daniel
A2 Garner, Anne
A2 Ogle, Robbin
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1725561441
AB Historically, battering has been a culturally and legally acceptable form of social control within the United States. This article provides an examination of how this legacy of social acceptance has influenced the development of laws and social policies related to battering. We provide a critique of our current approach to battering and our historical reliance on private or social helping agencies intended to hide and protect victims. We call for a transformation of our current policies that provides for the removal of the batterer—not the victim and her children—from the family home through a process of bail denial and preventative detention.
K1 Criminal justice policy
K1 Domestic violence
K1 Intimate partner violence
DO 10.1177/0887403415585870