Intimate Partner Violence and Restorative Justice

    Vol. 53 No. 3   June 2019

    Domestic Relations

    Editor’s Note

    Kendra Huard Fershee

    This issue examines the significant harms caused by intimate partner violence and explores the ways in which the justice system can be a part of the restorative process and help mitigate future harm.

    Features

    Domestic Relations

    How Social Science Can Help Us Understand Why Family Courts May Discount Women’s Testimony in Intimate Partner Violence Cases

    Amelia Mindthoff, Deborah Goldfarb, & Kelly Alison Behre

    Thirty years ago, legal scholars and social scientists began to note legal systems’ pervasive “credibility discounting” of women in general and victims of gender-based violence in particular. This Article builds upon the work done thus far and offers suggestions for ways to mitigate gender bias impacting IPV victims in family courts.