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THEMED SECTION: CRIMINALISATION

Criminalising violence against women: solution or dead end?

Laureen Snider argues that criminalising sexual and domestic assault in Canada has delivered real symbolic benefits to some women but has tightened the noose of coercive control for marginalised groups

Pages 38-39 | Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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