Moving Beyond Critique: Creative Interventions and Reconstructions of Community Accountability

This article discusses community accountability and interventions in gender-based violence, focusing on the social activism program Creative Interventions (CI), which promotes alternative community-based responses to interpersonal violence. The article examines an incident of sexual assault at a Kor...

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Main Author: Kim, Mimi E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
In: Social justice
Year: 2010, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 14-35
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Human rights advocacy
Social advocacy
Violence against LGBTQ+ people
violence against women
Restorative Justice
Violence Prevention
Citizen participation in criminal justice administration
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Summary:This article discusses community accountability and interventions in gender-based violence, focusing on the social activism program Creative Interventions (CI), which promotes alternative community-based responses to interpersonal violence. The article examines an incident of sexual assault at a Korean cultural community center in Oakland, California. Topics including the individuals' and communities' responsibilities in their response to violence and violent situations, the establishment of restorative and transformative justice systems in the U.S., and the StoryTelling and Organizing Project (STOP).
ISSN:2327-641X