Web resource:	http://harvardcrcl.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Goodmark_51-104.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Transgender people, intimate partner abuse, and the legal system
Other Titles:	Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Authors:	Goodmark, Leigh
Keywords:	Policing;Criminal justice responses;Informal responses;Gay/lesbian/transgender;Family law
Year:	2013
Publisher:	Harvard Law School
Citation:	48 (1), Winter 2013
Notes:	This law review article looks specifically at the experiences of transgender people who have been subjected to intimate partner violence and who then become engaged with the [US] criminal justice system. Various legal cases are presented which illustrate the barriers to just treatment encountered by transgender people in their initial engagement with police and subsequently within the court system, the penal system and even family law courts. The article also discusses the importance to transgender people of social and economic support, and their difficulties in accessing domestic violence services. The author concludes by suggesting changes to the [US] legal system to improve the needs of transgender people who experience intimate partner violence but also advocates strongly for a community-based alternative which would operate outside the often hostile legal system.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12195
ISSN:	0017-8039
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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