#2 Crime & Law

Who is criminal and who decides that? Do laws actually protect us from (domestic) violence, and what is needed in the fight against the patriarchy? Şeyda Kurt discusses these questions in the second edition of What a crime with Asha Hedayati and Friederike Häuser. As a family lawyer, Asha Hedayati represents women affected by violence in separation, divorce, and protection against violence proceedings. She trains social workers from women’s shelters and counseling centers throughout Germany, lectures on family law and child and youth welfare law at universities, and is the author of the bestseller Die stille Gewalt – wie der Staat Frauen alleine lässt. Friederike Häuser is a social worker and criminologist. She works in the field of right-wing extremism and as a freelance author. Her topics include graffiti, police criticism, spatial strategies, and penal practices. She has published in various magazines and as ikeriminell on Instagram under the motto “I put the no in kriminologie.”