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Criminalized Survivors

Survivors of gender-based violence fill our jails and prisons. Criminalized survivors are victims whose experiences of being abused are related in some way to their involvement in the criminal legal system.  Often, they are arrested and incarcerated for doing what they needed to do to survive and protect their children and loved ones. Criminalized survivors are re-victimized by the very systems that were intended to protect them. 

Defense attorneys, advocates, and others interested in assisting criminalized survivors can find resources in the side menu. Learn more by exploring recent additions to our library below:

The Impact of Parental Kidnapping Laws and Practice on Domestic Violence Survivors

#custody, #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Tools and Guides

Domestic Violence Expert Witnesses: Overcoming Challenges in Battered Women’s Self-Defense Cases

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Tools and Guides

When Community-Based Advocates Testify as Experts: Understanding and Explaining Trauma and its Effects

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides, #Trauma

Domestic Violence Expert Witnesses: Immigration Proceedings

#Expert Testimony, #Immigration, #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides

Domestic Violence Expert Witnesses: Tips to Help Prepare for your First Case

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides

Advocates as Expert Witnesses: Weighing Benefits and Drawbacks

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Tools and Guides

Domestic Violence Expert Testimony: Legal Settings and Issues

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides

The Use of Expert Testimony on Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Cases: Examining Case Law from 1994-2016

#Expert Testimony, #Laws and Regulations, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and Guides

Myths and Misconceptions: Criminalized Survivors

by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors October 2023 Myths and misconceptions about domestic violence and victims of intimate…

#Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides

Evidence of Battering and the Defense of Duress

by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors March 2023 Lay and expert evidence on battering and its effectsi is…

#Laws and Regulations, #Tools and Guides