Citation

Beichner D, Ogle R, Garner A, Anderson D. Crim. Justice Policy Rev. 2017; 28(4): 311-326.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0887403415585870

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en