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Victims' Experiences of the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse Beyond GlassWalls.
Victims' Experiences of The Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse: Beyond GlassWallsprovides a unique perspective on how victims of domestic abuse experience the justice process.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2021.
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| Colección: | Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Series Editors Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Purpose of This Book
- Why GlassWalls?
- What Is Domestic Abuse?
- What's in a Name?
- What Does It Mean to Have Agency?
- The Nature and Scale of Domestic Abuse
- Methodology
- Defining Feminism
- It's Personal
- Chapter One: The Policy Approach
- Introduction
- I: Early Years: Consciousness-raising from the Grassroots
- II: A Developing Concept of Victims' Rights
- III: A Multi-agency Approach and the Risk Model
- Specialist Courts
- Victim Advocates
- Training
- Multi-agency Conferences and Risk Assessments
- Development of the Risk Model: Disclosure and Review
- In the Victim's Name
- The Impact of Family Campaigns
- A Preventable Risk: Homicide Reviews
- IV: Developing Gendered Policies
- The Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, England and Wales
- Equally Safe, Scotland
- Conclusion
- Chapter Two: Law
- Introduction
- UN and EU Influence
- Civil Law in England and Wales
- Criminal Law in England and Wales
- Civil Law in Scotland
- Criminal Law in Scotland
- Civil Remedy?
- Is More Law the Answer?99
- Current Challenges
- Conclusion
- Chapter Three: The Victim Experience Before Court
- Introduction
- Reporting to the Police
- Advocacy Support and Risk Assessments
- Police Assessing Risk
- What does this mean?
- Waiting for Court
- The Implications of Waiting
- Retaining Agency During the Process
- Conclusion
- Chapter Four: At Court
- Waiting at Court
- Being Sent Home
- Giving Evidence
- The Impact of Concurrent Civil Proceedings
- Ongoing Coercive Control Throughout the Court Process
- Conclusion
- Chapter Five: After Court
- Possible Outcomes
- No Sentence: Feeling Unheard
- The Immediate Aftermath: An Anti-Climax and the Realisation of Fears
- Answering Whys?
- That's Not What Happened: When the Sentence Does Not Reflect Lived Experience
- A Good Outcome?
- Was It Worth It?
- Victim Personal/Impact Statements
- Advocacy Services
- Conclusion
- Chapter Six: Improving the Justice Response
- Part I
- Procedural Justice and Practical Steps
- What is Procedural Justice?
- Moving away from the Punctuation Marks
- Waiting and the Emotional Response
- Dealing with Emotion and Recognising Ongoing Abuse
- Part II
- Education and Training
- Legal Education
- Professional Training
- Promoting Conversation and Reframing Our Thinking
- Part III
- Policy and Legislative Developments
- Ongoing European Influence
- Independent Legal Representation (ILR) for Victims
- Closer Alignment of the Civil and Criminal Courts
- Conclusion
- Chapter Seven: Conclusion
- Between the Punctuation Marks and Mitigating the Traumatic Wait
- Evolving the Public/Private 'Divide'
- On Agency
- Small Steps Towards Procedural Justice
- Beyond GlassWalls
- References
- EU/UN Charters, Conventions and Directives: