Domestic Violence (Law)
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This mixed-methods study examines the impact of immigration status on the ability of Latina survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) to file for and obtain a domestic violence protection order. Undocumented Latinas living in shelters... more
Australian firearm policy had altered very little in 65 years prior to the 1990s. The events in April 1996, however, precipitated 12 days that dramatically changed national firearm legislation. Thirty-five people were killed when a gunman... more
Reproductive coercion is an understudied form of intimate partner abuse related to physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. Prior research suggests that women accurately predict whether their abuser will continue the abuse. Thus,... more
COVID-19 has imposed mandatory lockdowns in many countries including India. However, since the lockdown has been imposed, attention is being focused on its economic repercussions and on providing food and shelter to poor and migrants. But... more
Female victims of domestic violence filing for civil protection orders face a paradox when asked by the courts to describe their abuse. Conventional images of “battered women” emphasize powerlessness and learned helplessness; “real”... more
Research in the late 1990s and early 2000s raised concerns that the safeguarding implications of domestic abuse (DA) were not being sufficiently accounted for in child contact cases in England. Since that time, reforms have been... more
Despite a dramatic expansion in states’ adoption of UN agreements to protect human rights, these efforts often fail to deliver on the full promise of compliance within national contexts. In this paper, we examine the process and... more
Recently when the Bill to criminalize marital rape was introduced in India, it was turned down by the Parliament. According to some of the Parliamentarians, marriage is a sacred institution and touching it will leads to breakdown of... more
Previous researchers have called attention to documents composed more than 600 years ago in varied parts of the world that attest to physical abuse of wives by Jewish husbands. This article notes that those texts were composed because... more
La violencia en la familia, y en especial la que tiene por autores o víctimas a niños o adolescentes, tiene unas especiales características que deben abordarse de forma multidisciplinar. Las consecuencias jurídicas son una de las claves a... more
Violence against women takes many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, and economic. Violence leads to negative and, at times, dramatic mental and physical health consequences. It leads to increased absenteeism at work and limits... more
A healthy society is a balanced society providing equality to all in all aspects of life and existence. Indian society on the contrary, since time immemorial has accorded women a subordinate status. Any hierarchical social system has an... more
Domestic violence cases always target the women as its victims. Based on obtained data, reported domestic violence cases in women and children protection (PPA) unit, Garut District Police, Garut regency reached up to 17 cases in 2015 and... more
This thesis investigates the influence of legal fiction over the philosophy behind family law in New Zealand and our subsequent responses to domestic violence. As a feature of common law reasoning, legal fiction, asserting something to be... more
KEY POINTS • Children’s wellbeing depends, among other things, on them being protected from harm, including the harm of exposure to domestic violence or exposure to triggers of trauma arising from previous abuse. • The safety and... more
Criminal law analyses of lethal violence towards female intimates are examined in three domestic violence settings. These scenarios reveal internally inconsistent legal evaluations of domestic homicide and incongruity with internationally... more