Negotiating Domestic Violence Police, Criminal Justice, and Victims

Name: Negotiating Domestic Violence Police, Criminal Justice, and Victims
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ISBN: 9780198299301

ISBN-10: 0198299303

ISBN-13: 9780198299301

Edition: 2000

Authors: Carolyn Hoyle

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This book examines the factors which shape the criminal justice response to domestic violence in the light of policy changes at the beginning of the 1990s which aimed to increase arrest rates. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expectations of victims and examines how their choices impact on decisions made by police and prosecutors. Many books on the criminal justice response to domestic violence start from the premise that withdrawal of complaints by victims and the subsequent discontinuance of cases, represents some kind of failure on the part of the agencies involved and that victims would benefit from greater determination by police to prosecute offenders wherever possible.…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Legal Rules, Policies and Police Practices



Conceptual and Methodological Issues



The Control Room: the first stage in the decision-making process



The Cultural and Structural Determinants of Police Decision-Making



The Situational Determinants of Police Decision-Making



Understanding Prosecution Decisions



In the Victim's Interest?



Interrogating the Role of the Victim


Bibliography


Index