A recent report by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) examines the frequency with which intimate partner violence contributes to the incarceration of women for murder and manslaughter, and how these women fare in the parole process. SCJC Executive Director Debbie Mukamal and one of the student report drafters, Lauren Courtney, JD ’24, were invited in October to present their findings to the California Board of Parole Hearings. The report, titled “Great Weight: A Review of California Board of Parole Hearings Transcripts to Assess Frequency and Consideration of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Convicted of Homicide Offenses,” was the result of SLS students’ systematic review of 140 parole hearing transcripts as part of a policy practicum co-taught by Mukamal and Professor David Sklansky. Courtney, Jamie Halper, Hayden Henderson, Kara Salovaara, and Emily Vaughan (all JD ’24) took principal responsibility for drafting the report while other students coded reams of data gleaned from parole hearing transcripts. The team also expects to present the findings to the forensic psychologists who comprise the Board of Parole Hearings’ Forensic Assessment Division in December. SL