Jane Stoever: Mandatory Domestic Violence Reporting Laws Linked to Fear of Deportation

Jane Stoever, Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law, writes in the Los Angeles Times about the harms of mandatory reporting laws for medical professionals who are required to report domestic violence and sexual assault cases to the police.  In particular, she focuses on the chilling effect of these requirements on immigrant survivors of crime who may choose to forego medical care due to the fear of deportation arising from police contact.

-JKoh