Protecting Prosecution
| Autor: | Renée Römkens |
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| Přispěvatelé: | INTERVICT |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Domestic Violence Sociology and Political Science Psychological intervention Poison control Community Networks Suicide prevention Gender Studies Criminalization Criminal Law Political science Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Crime Victims Stalking Battered Women 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Police United States Europe Theory of criminal justice Law Women's Rights Domestic violence Female 0509 other social sciences 050104 developmental & child psychology Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | Violence Against Women, 12(2), 160-186 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8448 1077-8012 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1077801205284922 |
| Popis: | This article critically analyzes how the criminal justice system centrally situates itself in an intervention program intended to protect victims of domestic abuse and stalking. Based on the first empirical, in-depth study in the Netherlands of an intervention program using electronic technology that is increasingly used in the United States, results indicate how the central role of the criminal justice actors can evoke a shift toward foregrounding prosecutorial interests. Drawing from a critical theoretical understanding of the powers of law and the legal system, the author argues that current tendencies toward criminalization in domestic violence interventions can have an unintended violent impact for victims who are either excluded from the program or are forced into a criminal justice regime that might not be in their primary interest. In this study, women seem to actively navigate the use of the criminal justice system to receive the protection they need. |
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