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The Feminist Script for Punishment
The title of this post is the title of this new article/book review by I. India Thusi now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:
In her new book,
The Feminist War on Crime, Professor Aya Gruber provides a critique of feminists, who have sought political vindication through a governance of punishment. Professor Elizabeth Bernstein coined the term “carceral feminism” to describe the feminist commitment to “a law and order agenda and . . . a drift from the welfare state to the carceral state as the enforcement apparatus for feminist goals.” While feminist movements have expanded the opportunities available to women and girls, too often their means for achieving these accomplishments have been paved on a path of the privileges of feminist elites. These privileges are immune from the pressures of multiple forms of subordination that form the interstitial web of inequality that many other women encounter. These other women are als
I. India Thusi (Widener University - Delaware Law School) has posted The Feminist Script for Punishment (Harvard Law Review, 2021) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In her new book, The Feminist War on Crime, Professor Aya Gruber provides a.
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Denver Reacts to the Chauvin Verdict
Moments after the verdict was announced, members of the community reflect on the conviction of the ex-police officer and how Denver can move forward.
Madi Skahill, Spencer Campbell, Victoria Carodine •
April 20, 2021
On Tuesday, jurors found Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, after the former Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s back for nine minutes and 29 seconds in May 2020. Second-degree murder carries with it a sentence of up to 40 years.
Here, local leaders, advocates, and experts react to news of the verdict.
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