Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Killing her softly: intimate abuse and the violence of state intervention
Other Titles:	Harvard law review
Authors:	Mills, Linda G
Keywords:	Criminal justice responses
Year:	1999
Publisher:	Harvard Law Review Association
Citation:	113 (2), 1999
Notes:	Argues that we need to reconsider the feminist position that mandatory interventions in domestic violence cases, including mandatory arrest, prosecution, and reporting, serve the best interests of all battered women. Mills’ argument is that battered women are safest and feel most respected when they willingly partner with state representatives to investigate and prosecute domestic violence crimes. She asserts that mandatory state interventions are in danger of replicating the rejection, degradation, social isolation and emotional unresponsiveness that are endemic to the abusive relationship. She proposes and describes a ‘Survivor-Centred Model’, based on knowledge about trauma, and recovery from it, as the key to empowering battered women.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15562
ISSN:	0017-811X
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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