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Commissioner Morris urges attention to 'reactive abuse' and systemic revictimization
Summary
Commissioner Morris used his time during commissioner reports to describe 'reactive abuse'—where long‑term victims react and are then treated as perpetrators—and urged the Board to consider reforms to avoid revictimizing survivors in criminal and social‑service systems.
During the commissioner‑reports portion of the Jan. 21 meeting, Commissioner Morris delivered an extended statement describing what he called 'reactive abuse'—a pattern in which victims of sustained abuse react and then are treated as the aggressor by law enforcement and the courts.
Morris walked through an example…
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