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Domestic Abuse, Victims and the Law

Domestic Abuse, Victims and the Law

Name: Domestic Abuse, Victims and the Law
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781032315843
Price: 554.71 HKD
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Author: Mandy Burton
ISBN: 9781032315843

By Mandy Burton

Routledge May 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781032315843
Publisher: Routledge
Publication: May 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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

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