After decades of work by feminists to criminalize domestic violence, more recently feminist abolitionists have identified the harm that the carceral state has on all impacted by it, including victims/survivors. Based on interviews with a diverse sample of 22 women and men who were system impacted, we find evidence of cases in which the criminal legal system both helped and harmed the victim/survivor. We identify policy interventions that promote alternative methods to intervening in intimate partner violence relationships that center the victim/survivor, create safety, and reduce the increased surveillance and overall impact of the criminal legal system.

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帮助还是伤害？将亲密伴侣暴力定为刑事犯罪和女权废奴主义框架

经过几十年来女权主义者将家庭暴力定为刑事犯罪的努力，最近女权废奴主义者发现了监狱国家对所有受其影响的人（包括受害者/幸存者）造成的伤害。基于对 22 名受系统影响的女性和男性的不同样本的访谈，我们找到了刑事法律系统既帮助又伤害受害者/幸存者的案件证据。我们确定了政策干预措施，以促进干预亲密伴侣暴力关系的替代方法，以受害者/幸存者为中心，创造安全，并减少刑事法律制度增加的监视和总体影响。