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effects of gender relations
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- Women and Criminal Justice
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- 2001
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- 4
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- Bui, H.N.
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- huiselijk geweld, politie, strafrecht
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- This article examines how economic, emotional and social-power related factors affect victims' behaviour in favor of prosecution during police investigations. Data drawn from police records and police narrative reports indicated that mutual charge, dual arrest, the severity of assaults and the severity of injuries suffered by victims negatively affected the victims' behavior in favor of prosecution. These findings suggest that the norm of unequal relationships between men and women combined with an indiscriminate use of mutual charge and dual arrest without considering the defensive or offensive nature of violent acts can reduce trust in the criminal justice system among women victims of domestic violence and decrease the victims' interest in pursuing prosecution.
the social construction of `stranger-danger' in Washington state as a form of patriarchal ideology
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- Women and Criminal Justice
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- 1995-1996
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- 2
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- Websdale, Neil
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- huiselijk geweld, seksueel geweld, Verenigde Staten
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- The article critically examines Washington State's Predator Law (1990). The most controversial part of the law provides for the indefinite civil commitment of `sexually violent predators'. Under the legislation, husbands who victimize their wives and children cannot be defined as predators. The author argues that the social construction of predators as sick strangers is an ideological construct. This non-conspirators construct diverts attention from the fact that male intrafamilial violence is by far the greatest threat to the safety of women and children. These diversionary tendencies in the predator discourse constitute a hitherto scarcely publicized backlash against feminist arguments about the need for criminal laws that work in the interests of all women and childeren.
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 1997
- Magazine Number
- 4
- Creator
- Feder, Lynette
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- politie, huiselijk geweld
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- Factors were studied in terms of their impact on selfreported likelihood to arrest when responding to domestic violence call. Results indicate that belief in the utility of police involvement, knowledge of the department's policy, and attitudes towards women are all significant in accounting for the variation in the likelihood of police to arrest.
the Tamil Nadu Experience in Dealing With Dowry-Related Domestic Violence Cases
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2005
- Magazine Number
- 1/2
- Creator
- Natarajan, Mangai
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- huiselijk geweld, slachtoffers, bruidsschatten, politieagenten, India
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- In 1992, the Tamil Nadu State government in India began to introduce all-women police stations whose primary role is to deal with crimes against women, including family violence and dowry disputes. Dowry giving is a customary practice in India, which often results in disputes between young wives and their new families. As a result, the young women may be subjected to physical and mental ill treatment. Using detailed data from 474 case records and interviews with 60 dowry victims, this study examines how women police stations serve as a dispute processing system, and describes the services extended by the stations to the victims of dowry disputes.
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2000
- Magazine Number
- 3
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- Stalans, L.J.
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- Finn, M.A.
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- politie, huiselijk geweld, man vrouw verschillen
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- Some scholars argue that a greater number of women police officers may improve the plight of battered women through increased arrest rates and referrals to battered shelters. The authors examine how women and men police officers perceive and respond to a hypothetical realistic domestic violence situation, and three manipulated features of the situation: wife's conduct (normal, hallucinating, drunken), presence of visible injuries on the wife: and antagonism between wife and husband. Women and men did not differ on arrest rates: however, women were more likely to recommend battered shelters and less likely to recommend marriage counseling. These gender differences occurred only for experienced women. Women also assigned more importance to the victim's willingness to settle the argument in their arrest decisions.
s battered woman's journey to freedom
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2001
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- 1
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- Lyon, A.D.
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- Hughes, E.
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- Thomas, J.
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- huiselijk geweld, strafrecht
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- This article is about Juanita Thomas's struggle within the criminal justice system, how is failed her, and how, eighteen years later, a clinical law professor, her students, and Ms Thomas herself worked together to get her home.
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2000
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- 2/3
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- Robinson, A.L.
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- Chandek, M.S.
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- huiselijk geweld, zwarte vrouwen, politie, racisme
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- As the experiences of black battered women with the police remain an underresearched issue, the current study focuses on the police arrest decision for these victims compared to other victims. Two important research questions are answered: is the arrest rate for black battered women significantly lower compared to other domestic violence victims, and are there different factors influencing the police decision to arrest for these victims compared to others? Using data from a medium-sized Midwestern police department, a model of the arrest decision was analyzed using logistic regression to compare the police response to black battered women versus 'other' victims. Results indicated that four variables differed to a significant extent across models: victim age, suspect age, victim had a probable drug or alcohol problem, and children present at the scene.
Findings on the Criminal Justice System
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 3/4
- Creator
- Melton, Heather C.
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- stalking, strafrecht, huiselijk geweld, Verenigde Staten
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- This article examines the effect of criminal justice intervention in domestic violence on stalking in that relationship.
an interdisciplinary approach
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- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Feder, L.
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- mishandeling, huiselijk geweld
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- Dit themanummer over vrouwenmishandeling bevat de volgende artikelen: - Lynette Feder, Domestic violence: an interdisciplinary approach - Susan A. Lentz, Revisiting the rule of thumb: an overview of the history of wife abuse - Catherine F. Klein and Leslye E. Orloff, Protecting battered women: latest trends in civil legal relief - Lynette Feder, Police handling of domestic violence calls: an overview and futher investigation - Robert C. Davis and Bruce G. Taylor, Does batterer treatment reduce violence? A synthesis of the literature
an ethnographic perspective
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- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Women and Criminal Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2000
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Welle, D.
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- Falkin, G.
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- criminaliteit, drugs, gedetineerden, huiselijk geweld, verslavingen
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- In a multi-site ethnographic study of women offenders in drug treatment, we identified a subsample of women whose 'codefendants' were also their romantic partners. However, relationships between women and their romantic codefendants are only partially described in existing studies of crime partners, codefendants, and battered women. Romantic codefendant relationships are conditioned by law enforcement efforts and the social control and surveillance which romantic partners exert in the home, on the street, and in jail and prison. Living in everyday policed states, women with romantic codefendants face significant barriers to accessing drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration.