Web resource:	https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/VGLS-public/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:420528/ada?qu=Domestic+Violence+%26+Incest+Resource+Centre.&d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A420528%7EILS%7E10&ps=300&h=8
Type:	Non-Fiction
Title:	What's in a name? : definitions and domestic violenceDiscussion paper / Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Melbourne
Authors:	MacDonald, Helen
Keywords:	Psychological abuse;Financial abuse;Overview
Year:	1998
Publisher:	Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Brunswick
Citation:	No. 1
Notes:	Download the contents page and introduction for this paper http://www.dvirc.org.au/PublicationsHub/WhatsNameDPIntro.pdf . Discussion paper which explores the difficult task of defining ‘domestic violence’. Notes that the power involved in acts of naming is rarely addressed and argues that preferred terms should be critically analysed, rather than assumed to reflect some particular ‘truth’. Argues for the necessity to remain aware that definitions are socially constructed interpretations which may not be shared. Details the inclusions, exclusions, history and issues associated with the terms ‘domestic violence’, ‘family violence’, ‘interpersonal violence’ and ‘violence against women’ and outlines various legal definitions.
Contents:	Classifying violence Family violence Violence against women Legally bound: Defining domestic violence in law - Federal law Victorian law Towards a model criminal code Sub-categories of violence Sexual violence Emotional, psychological and/or verbal abuse Economic/ financial abuse Social abuse Spiritual abuse Child abuse Conclusion Bibliography.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11390
ISSN:	1441-0206
Physical description:	40 p. ; 25 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Books

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