Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, faith, or class, but statistics show that the justice system has criminalized Black women for being victims of domestic violence and protecting themselves from violence and abuse. Many women who should be treated as victims have found themselves on the wrong side of the criminal justice system, as incarceration rates among them have spiked.
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