Prosecuting Domestic Abuse in Neoliberal Times - Amplifying the Survivor's Voice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book argues that past inattentive treatment by state criminal justice agencies in relation to domestic abuse is now being self-consciously reversed by neoliberal governing agendas intent on denouncing crime and holding offenders to account. Criminal prosecutions are key to the UK government's strategy to end Violence Against Women and Girls. Crown Prosecution Service policy affirms that domestic abuse offences are 'particularly serious' and prosecutors are reminded that it will be rare that the 'public interest' will not require of such offences through the criminal courts. Seeking to unpick some of the discourses and perspectives that may have contributed to the current prosecutorial commitment, the book considers its emergence within the context of the women's movement, feminist scholarship and an era of neoliberalism. Three empirical chapters explore the prosecution commitment on the one hand, and the impact on women's lives on the other. The book's final substantive chapter offers a distinctive normative conceptual framework through which practitioners may think about women who have experienced domestic abuse that will have both intellectual appeal and practical application.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Antonia Porter
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-061368-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Law > English law > Private, property, family > Gender law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-061368-2
Barcode:	9783030613686

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