Unintended Consequences of Domestic Violence Law

Gendered Aspirations and Racialised Realities

AvHeather Nancarrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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This book addresses the intersection of two current major concerns in Australia: law and justice responses to domestic violence - including harsher punitive measures - and the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the criminal justice system, which are similar concerns in New Zealand, Canada and the US.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-18
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:356 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Antal sidor:245
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030275020

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Heather Nancarrow is Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). She has 35 years’ experience in research, policy and practice in the violence against women field, including extensive work with Indigenous Australian communities, whose experiences of violence and the criminal justice system feature in this book. She completed her PhD at Griffith University, Australia.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Problem In Context.- 2. Conceptualising Intimate Partner Violence.- 3. Gendered Aspirations In Domestic Violence Law.- 4. Sex And Race Differences In Law’s Application.- 5. Explanations Of Indigenous Violence And Recidivism.- 6. Reconceptualising Typologies Of Violence.- 7. Gendered And Racialised Power And The Law.- 8. Conclusions And Implications.