The second wave of the feminist movement brought unprecedented changes in awareness of criminal legal system (CLS) responses to domestic violence (DV). The seemingly feminist “success” in the harsher CLS responses, however, resulted in the disparate criminalization of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and poor individuals, among both DV defendants and victims. Therefore, feminist support for anti-carceral/abolitionist feminism, recognizing the cooptation of feminist ideals within a neoliberal CLS system, has grown. Colonial policing, however, has only tangentially been applied to DV (and other gender-based abuse offenses’) CLS responses. This article advocates for significant changes to policing DV.

女权运动的第二波浪潮使人们对刑事法律制度对家庭暴力的反应的认识发生了前所未有的变化。然而，在更严格的CLS回应中看似女权主义的“成功”导致DV被告和受害人对BIPOC（黑人，土著人和有色人种）和贫困个人分别定罪。因此，在认识到新自由主义CLS系统中女权主义理想的共存下，反女权主义/废奴主义女权主义的女权主义支持已经增长。但是，殖民地警务仅相切应用于DV（以及其他基于性别的虐待犯罪）CLS响应。本文主张对治安DV进行重大更改。