By Pamela Cross (March 1, 2024, 9:44 AM EST) -- Over the past 40 years, we have seen the many ways in which the criminal law has failed survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Criminal law interventions and initiatives — new laws, changes to laws, new court processes, education for those who implement and interpret the law, different approaches to bail and to punishments for those found guilty — have failed to make significant inroads on the rates of IPV and, in some cases, have made things worse for those subjected to it....