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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349370203321

Autore

Nancarrow Heather

Titolo

Unintended Consequences of Domestic Violence Law : Gendered Aspirations and Racialised Realities / / by Heather Nancarrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030275006

3030275000

9783030274993

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 255 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology, , 2947-9363

Disciplina

362.291810994

364.349915

Soggetti

Critical criminology

Victims of crimes

Criminal behavior

Law and the social sciences

Criminology

Critical Criminology

Victimology

Criminal Behavior

Socio-Legal Studies

Crime Control and Security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the intersection of two current major concerns in Australia: how 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.