Donna Coker
Professor of Law
J.D. 1991, Stanford Law School
Telephone: 305-284-3041 | Office: G383
E-mail: dcoker@law.miami.edu
Publications | Curriculum Vitae
The Story of Wanrow: The Reasonable Woman and the Law of Self-Defense, in Criminal Law Stories (Robert Weisberg and Donna Coker eds. forthcoming 2012).
Restorative Justice, Navajo Peacemaking and Domestic Violence, 10(1) Theoretical Criminology (Special Issue) 67 (Kathleen Daly, Kim Cook, and Julie Stubbs guest eds., 2006).
Race, Poverty, and the Crime Centered Response to Domestic Violence, 10(11) Violence Against Women 1331 (2004) (a comment on Linda Mills, Insult to Injury: Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse.)
Foreward: Addressing the Real World of Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System, 93 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 827 (2003).
Addressing Domestic Violence Through a Strategy of Economic Rights, 24 (3) Women's Rights Law Reporter 187 (2003) published remarks, Trafficking in Women symposium, Rutgers University School of Law.
Violence Against Women, Women's Rights in Theory and Practice: Employment, Violence and Poverty (2002), remarks published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The entire proceedings are available here.
Crime Control and Feminist Law Reform in Domestic Violence Law: A Critical Review, 4 Buffalo Criminal Law Review 801 (2001).
Shifting Power for Battered Women: Law, Material Resources and Poor Women of Color, 33 U.C. Davis Law Review 1009 (2000).
Transformative Justice: Anti-Subordination Processes in Cases of Domestic Violence, in Restorative Justice and Family Violence (Heather Strang and John Braithwaite eds., 2002). The book Restorative Justice and Family Violence is available from Cambridge University Press.
Enhancing Autonomy for Battered Women: Lessons from Navajo Peacemaking, 47 U.C.L.A. LAW REV. 1 (1999).
Domestic Violence and Move Away Issues, in Domestic Violence Law: A Comprehensive Overview of Cases and Sources (Nancy K. D. Lemon ed., 1996).
Heat of Passion and Wife Killing: Men Who Batter/Men Who Kill, 2 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 71 (1992).
What Therapists See That Judges May Miss: A Unique Guide to Custody Decisions When Spouse Abuse is Charged, The Judges Journal 9 (Spring, 1988) (co-authored with Laura Crites).
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3-01-13
Professor Donna Coker is interviewed on Aljazeera on the Violence Against Women Act.
2-27-13
Professor Donna Coker in "What's Wrong with the Violence Against Women Act?" in Time.com.