Police Abolition

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Insurgent Love

Abolition and Domestic Homicide

Domestic homicide is violence that strikes within our most intimate relations. The most common strategy for addressing this kind of transgression relies on policing and prisons. But through … 161 View
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Domestic Homicide and Abolition

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In the introductory chapter, the author defines key terms that are essential to the text, details the failures of the current carceral approach to family violence, and details how her personal … 24 $2.40 Add
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Butcher

From: Insurgent Love

This chapter recounts the friendship between the author and a man convicted of killing his partner. 8 $0.80 Add
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Settler Colonialism and Intimate Terrorism

From: Insurgent Love

In this chapter, Whynacht explores the link between systems of colonialism and domestic homicide. She proceeds to argue that the first formations of coercive control relations in the Americas … 25 $2.50 Add
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Portapique

From: Insurgent Love

This chapter explores the mass murders in Portapique, Nova Scotia, in 2020. 10 $1.00 Add
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Occupation, Racial Capitalism and the Familicidal Heart

From: Insurgent Love

This chapter explores the relationship between occupation, stress, and domestic homicide. It also describes the links between heteropatriarchal gender norms and family violence. 16 $1.60 Add
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Desmond

From: Insurgent Love

In this chapter, the author explores the the case of a veteran who killed his partner, daughter, and mother. 6 $0.60 Add
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Towards Transformative Justice and Collective Survivorship

From: Insurgent Love

In this chapter, Whynacht considers implications for intervention, prevention, and transformation of the conditions that lead to domestic homicide. She also explores how strategic abolitionist … 36 $3.60 Add