Reimagining access to justice through the eyes of rural domestic violence survivors

Access to justice is a theoretical construct and applied principle within the US legal system, centering equity in access to legal services and representation. However, access to justice extends beyond the legal sphere and into the daily lives of vulnerable people. This article contributes to long-s...

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1. VerfasserIn: Magnus, Amy M (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Donohue, Frank A
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Theoretical criminology
Jahr: 2022, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 434-455
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Rural
Inequality
Domestic Violence
community mobilization
activist knowledge
access to justice
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Zusammenfassung:Access to justice is a theoretical construct and applied principle within the US legal system, centering equity in access to legal services and representation. However, access to justice extends beyond the legal sphere and into the daily lives of vulnerable people. This article contributes to long-standing efforts to reimagine and repurpose the access to justice framework through an ethnographic examination of rural domestic violence. In doing so, there exists significant promise to transform access to justice in a way that comprehensively sees and addresses inequity and injustice. Access to justice can be used in a multitude of ways to make sense of vulnerability at the intersection of rurality, domestic violence, resource accessibility, and activism, expanding the theoretical framework beyond its original scope toward social justice.
ISSN:1461-7439
DOI:10.1177/13624806211035103