Leigh Goodmark, who once believed that arrests and prosecutions were essential for women's safety, is now advocating for a different approach. In her Gender Violence Clinic at the University of Maryland, students learn that many clients are both victims and perpetrators of violence. This realization complicates their understanding of gender violence, as they are not just advocating for the release of victimized women, but also addressing the harm caused by their clients. Goodmark has redefined the clinic's mission to focus on trauma and the injustices within the criminal justice system against these women.
"The clinic's clients are victims but also perpetrators of violence. Some have harmed, or even killed, employers, strangers, sex workers, relatives, even their own children."
"Instead of calling on law enforcement to protect these women from violence, the students are tasked with protecting them from mistreatment within the criminal-justice system."
"Students arrived believing that they would be addressing gender violence in the familiar way: by locking up bad men and freeing victimized women. What they found was more complicated."
"Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she's pushing for the opposite."
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