NSVRC Blogs | El Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre Violencia Sexual (NSVRC) Pasar al contenido principal
Get Help Escape
English Spanish

NSVRC Blogs by Leigh Goodmark


The  average messaging of most anti-violence organizations include some variation on the following: “If you are in immediate danger, call 911.”  Embedded in directing a victim of violence to call 911 is a key assumption—that law enforcement will make that person safer.  But the headlines regularly feature stories of law enforcement officers accused of abuse: of thei