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The analysis focuses on how the concept of innocence within the legal system impacts criminalized survivors of gendered violence.

June 3, 2026Open Access

Abolishing Innocence: On Violence, Criminalized Survival, & Inherent Human Dignity

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The analysis focuses on how the concept of innocence within the legal system impacts criminalized survivors of gendered violence.
Qualitative analysis of the criminal legal system's impact on survivors.
Examination of demographic disparities in incarceration related to gender and race.
Critique of the societal frameworks defining innocence and criminality.
Highlights the disproportionate incarceration of women and genderqueer people of color, showing systemic biases.
Illuminates contradictions in the legal system's promises of justice and safety versus the reality of punishing survivors.
Addresses normalization of state violence against marginalized groups, questioning broader societal notions of worth.

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This project analyzes how societal notions of innocence affect criminalized survivors of gendered violence, implying systemic injustice.

aurelius francisco (2022) studied this question.

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