How Do We Get There From Here? Toward an Anti-Carceral Future in the Movement to End Gender-Based Violence

In this conceptual paper, I argue that the anti-gender-based violence sector must make anti-carceral responses mainstream if we are truly committed to the healing, safety, and well-being of survivors. I trace the history of anti-violence social movements and articulate the harms of carceral response...

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Main Author: Palmer, Jane E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Violence against women
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 12/13, Pages: 3114-3136
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Social Movements
Abolition
Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault
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Summary:In this conceptual paper, I argue that the anti-gender-based violence sector must make anti-carceral responses mainstream if we are truly committed to the healing, safety, and well-being of survivors. I trace the history of anti-violence social movements and articulate the harms of carceral responses, while also reflecting on my personal journey as a survivor, practitioner, and researcher. I offer a framework to combat carceral logics by encouraging readers to think and act “anti-carcerally” in everyday life. By making micro anti-carceral changes at the individual- or organizational-level, practitioners, researchers, professors, funders, and community members can make a non-carceral future possible.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012251352858