Negotiating Domestic Violence

Police, Criminal Justice and Victims
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-829930-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 382 g

Reihe: Clarendon Studies in Criminology

This book examines the factors which shape the criminal justice response to domestic violence in the light of policy changes at the beginning of the 1990s which aimed to increase arrest rates. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expectations of victims and examines how their choices impact on decisions made by police and prosecutors. Many books on the criminal justice response to domestic violence start from the premise that withdrawal of complaints by
victims and the subsequent discontinuance of cases, represents some kind of failure on the part of the agencies involved and that victims would benefit from greater determination by police to prosecute offenders wherever possible. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that the criminal justice
system as it presently operates is capable of responding effectively to the needs of victims of domestic violence. This book throws doubt on the validity of these assumptions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoyle, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn Hoyle is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Oxford.