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42 Hous. L. Rev. 237 (2005-2006)
A House Divided: Mandatory Arrest, Domestic Violence, and the Conservatization of the Battered Women's Movement

handle is hein.journals/hulr42 and id is 249 raw text is: ARTICLE A HOUSE DIVIDED: MANDATORY ARREST, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE CONSERVATIZATION OF THE BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT* G. Kristian Miccio** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 238 II. REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS-THE BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT OF THE 1970S-80S ........................... 248 A. Mapping the Contours of Women's Oppression: Developing a Feminist Ideology .................................... 248 B. Locating the Contours of Women's Oppression: The Methodology of a Movement .................. 256 C. Mapping the Contours of Women's Oppression: The Nexus Between Ideology and Methodology ............ 261 * I would like to thank the feminist scholars who assisted me as I wrote this Article and those who, through their writings, inspired me to write: Martha Fineman, Martha Minow, Ann Scales, Elizabeth Schneider, Martha Mahoney, and Renee Romkens. I would also like to thank my colleagues at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law whose comments and insights were indispensable: Federico Cheever, Nancy Ehrenreich, Sheila Hyatt, Martin Katz, Julie Nice, Bruce Price, Laura Rovner, and Eli Wald. I also need to acknowledge the tireless efforts of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law librarian, Diane Burkhardt; my research assistants, Leslie Greer and Angela Bibens-Henry; and the Dean, Mary Ricketson, for her support and willingness to fund this Article through a law school summer research grant. Finally, this Article is dedicated to the battered women's advocates who continue to struggle for women's rights and my sister Vita Miccio-Olds, my first teacher of feminism whose courage continues to inspire. ** Hughes-Ruud Professor 2004-2005 and Assistant Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and a co-author of New York's mandatory arrest provision. 237