{"title":"The Trope of Romani Criminality in Spain's Gender Violence Institutions: A Critique of Punitive Feminism.","authors":"Sarah Werner Boada","doi":"10.1177/10778012251379437","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While Spain has been drawing worldwide attention for its feminist mobilizations in the past years, the movement is currently tearing itself apart on whether a punitive response to gender violence aligns with its values. Based on qualitative research in Madrid's gender violence institutions, I discuss the primacy given to prosecution in the implementation of Spain's internationally acclaimed \"gender violence law\" and how it interacts with the racist trope of \"Romani criminality\" in practitioners' discourses. I show that it manifests in the popular culture myth of Romani men hurting women; strong suspicions towards Romani women summoned at court; and a rejection of Romani resolution process mechanisms. I conclude that Romani women's alternative means of finding safety deserve better consideration for their transformative justice potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251379437"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Violence Against Women","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251379437","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"WOMENS STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While Spain has been drawing worldwide attention for its feminist mobilizations in the past years, the movement is currently tearing itself apart on whether a punitive response to gender violence aligns with its values. Based on qualitative research in Madrid's gender violence institutions, I discuss the primacy given to prosecution in the implementation of Spain's internationally acclaimed "gender violence law" and how it interacts with the racist trope of "Romani criminality" in practitioners' discourses. I show that it manifests in the popular culture myth of Romani men hurting women; strong suspicions towards Romani women summoned at court; and a rejection of Romani resolution process mechanisms. I conclude that Romani women's alternative means of finding safety deserve better consideration for their transformative justice potential.
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Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.
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