
Domestic Abuse, Victims and the Law
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ISBN13: | 9780367197353 |
ISBN10: | 0367197359 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 250 pages |
Size: | 234x156 mm |
Weight: | 453 g |
Language: | English |
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Social issues, social work
Criminal law
Gender studies
Cultural studies
Organizational sociology
Criminology
Law in general, handbooks
Civil law
International law
Administrative and constitutional law
Further readings in law
Social issues, social work (charity campaign)
Criminal law (charity campaign)
Gender studies (charity campaign)
Cultural studies (charity campaign)
Organizational sociology (charity campaign)
Criminology (charity campaign)
Law in general, handbooks (charity campaign)
Civil law (charity campaign)
International law (charity campaign)
Administrative and constitutional law (charity campaign)
Further readings in law (charity campaign)
This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the remedies available to victims of domestic abuse in the civil, family and criminal law.
The gap between what the law and legal processes deliver for victims of domestic abuse and what they actually need has, in some instances, arguably widened. This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the remedies available to victims in the civil, family and criminal law. It contends that expectations of the legal remedies have increased as the number and scope of remedies has proliferated. It further examines how legal responses to domestic abuse have evolved over the past decade and explores how the victim?s rights narrative and associated litigation, which has become prevalent in legal discourse and criminal justice reforms, has shifted expectations and impacted domestic abuse policy and law. The book presents a valuable addition to the literature in drawing on a discourse familiar to those with an interest in human rights, demonstrating its impact on a substantive area of law of great significance to both family and criminal lawyers and anyone with an interest in domestic abuse and legal responses.
Acknowledgements
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Chapter 1: Defining ?abuse?: the nature of the problem
Chapter 2: ?Rights? based claims
Chapter 3: Civil Law Remedies
- How are they working now?
Chapter 4: Family Law
-Child contact the risk of harm
Chapter 5: Policing and Prosecuting
- new offence, old problems?
Chapter 6: Defences and Mitigation
- the persistence of narratives of woman blaming
Chapter 7: Hybridisation of legal responses
Chapter 8: The Limitations of Legal Responses and Law Reform
Bibliography
Index