Unintended Consequences of Domestic Violence Law: Gendered Aspirations and Racialised Realities 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Nancarrow, Heather (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030274993 ISBN-13: 9783030274993 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 340.115 |
Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.05 lbs) 245 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. Nancarrow re-conceptualises typologies of violence and provides a means of understanding and explaining female use of violence without undermining the hard-won gains of the women's movement. It does, however, argue for a paradigm shift, which has implications for every aspect of the system we have built to stop men's violence against women (law, police policy and practice, counselling and advocacy for victims, and interventions for those who perpetrate violence). The book is based on quantitative and qualitative research and explores the nature of Indigenous intimate partner violence and the types of violence that domestic violence law sought to address. |