She adds:
“This is a unique moment in our national consciousness as we consider the impact of violence against women and the role of institutions in preventing and responding to it. I look forward to working with the distinguished panel and the NFL to address these issues and deliver policies that will have a positive impact on the individuals most affected, the league overall and social institutions more broadly as we strive to enhance public awareness of and response to the problem of violence.”
Richie is a professor of African-American studies; criminology, law, and justice; and gender and women’s studies at UIC. She is also the author of the books “Compelled to Crime: the Gender Entrapment of Black Battered Women” and “Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence and America’s Prison Nation.”
Black Woman Named Senior Adviser To NFL’s Domestic Violence Panel was originally published on blackdoctor.org
