Justice served or justice missed? An examination of New York's domestic violence survivors justice act

IF 0.7 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Brendan Ilnitzki
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Abstract

The Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (“DVSJA”) provided immense relief for domestic violence survivors (“survivors”) who had been convicted of committing crimes resulting from their abuse. However, the DVSJA failed to consider that survivors suffer the effects of domestic violence for much longer than abuse occurs. Research indicates that survivors can experience chronic post-traumatic stress disorder for years after their abuse ends. Furthermore, the DVSJA failed to consider that many survivors, specifically sexual abuse survivors, never report their abuse. This Note proposes two Amendments to the DVSJA that would: (1) allow victims still suffering the effects of abuse at the time of the offense to be eligible for relief; and (2) allow victims who never reported their abuse to be eligible for relief.

正义得到伸张还是正义缺失?对纽约家庭暴力幸存者司法法案的审查
《家庭暴力幸存者司法法》为因受虐待而被判犯罪的家庭暴力幸存者(“幸存者”)提供了极大的救济。然而,DVSJA没有考虑到幸存者遭受家庭暴力影响的时间比虐待发生的时间长得多。研究表明,幸存者可能会在虐待结束后的数年内经历慢性创伤后应激障碍。此外,DVSJA没有考虑到许多幸存者,特别是性虐待幸存者,从未报告他们的虐待。本文建议对DVSJA进行两项修订,这两项修正案将:(1)允许在犯罪发生时仍遭受虐待影响的受害者有资格获得救济;(2)允许从未举报虐待行为的受害者有资格获得救济。
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