Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms

Author: Brenda Russell; John Hamel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197564028
Published In: October 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Over the past 40 years, considerable progress has been made in lowering rates of domestic violence in our communities. This progress has been uneven, however, due to continuing misconceptions about the causes and dynamics of domestic violence, which include an exaggerated focus on males as perpetrators and females as victims, as well as a heavy-handed law enforcement response that compromises the rights of criminal defendants without necessarily reducing violence.

Gender and Domestic Violence presents empirical research findings and reform recommendations for prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, policy makers and intervention providers with the aim of rectifying shortcomings in legal and law enforcement responses to domestic violence. The volume's editors and chapter authors confront the notion that certain beliefs shared among victim advocates, legal actors, and other stakeholders — principally that domestic violence is bound by gender, and is primarily a crime against women — have led to the use of ineffective and potentially harmful one-size-fits-all intervention policies that can jeopardize defendant due process and victim safety. Domestic violence experts, legal scholars, and practicing attorneys present how gendered aspects of domestic violence affect legal decision-making and practice and provide strategies for becoming more inclusive in the adjudicative process, intervention/prevention, and practice. Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms provides the foundation from which we can begin to move beyond the gender paradigm by recognizing disparities and applying tools that improve research, policing, and practice, allowing u

Part I. Topic Overview of Research on Domestic Violence

1. Introduction-The Problem with the Gender Paradigm

John Hamel, Ph.D. & Brenda Russell, Ph.D

2. What We Currently Know about the Prevalence, Causes and Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence

Elizabeth Bates, Ph.D. & Alexandra Papamichail, Ph.D

3. The Law Enforcement Response to IPV: Toward a Gender-Neutral Approach

Brenda Russell, Ph.D & Emily Seisler, BA. BA

Part II. Litigation

4. Gender, Sex, and the Prosecution of Intimate Partner Violence

Jennifer Cox, Ph.D., Elizabeth MacNeil, B.A. & Hannah Lind, B.A.

5. Challenges and Strategies in Mounting a Legal Defense in IPV Criminal Cases

Charles Dresow, Esq