Introduction
Abstract
The introduction discusses the overall frameworks of the book: abolition feminist critiques of using policing to provide safety against gender and sexual violence; the “victim” as a legal subject; the “undocumented crime victim” as a category of the human; the racial assemblage of legal protection and its bind to punishment; the Violence Against Women Act; neoliberal welfare, policing, and immigration reform; and the methodology of legal ethnography and feminist refusals. It also provides descriptions of the remaining chapters.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Feminism
Gender
and Sexuality Studies
Criminal Justice and Penology
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Duke University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 1–26
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter