Canadian criminal law is changing in response to intimate partner violence, but is it changing for the better?

Pamela Cross is the Advocacy Director at Luke’s Place. She examines the consequences of criminalizing intimate partner violence and emphasizes the importance of policy that prioritizes victims rather than their abusers.

Pamela spoke at The Walrus Talks Gender-Based Violence in Toronto on November 16.

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