Electronic Resources:	https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/2000/Z2000-Sep-5/www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v3n2/jurevic.html https://mdulr.murdoch.edu.au/index.php/mdulr
Web resource:	http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v3n2/jurevic.html
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Between a rock and a hard place: women victims of domestic violence and the Western Australian Criminal Injuries Compensation Act
Other Titles:	eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
Authors:	Jurevic, Linda
Keywords:	Policy;Legal issues;Criminal justice responses
Year:	1996
Publisher:	School of Law, Murdoch University
Citation:	3 (2), July 1996
Notes:	Examines the status of victims of domestic violence under the Western Australian Criminal Injuries Compensation scheme, highlighting and critiquing its various contradictions. An overview of criminal injuries compensation generally is provided and the methodology adopted by the authors in reviewing applications made to the Office of the Assessor for Criminal Injuries Compensation in 1992 is outlined. Specific provisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985 (WA) which create problems for victims of domestic violence are examined and some of the assumptions underlying these provisions are challenged. Concludes that the Act perpetuates the blaming of the victim and fails to acknowledge the social, economic and psychological context within which domestic violence occurs.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13620
ISSN:	13218247
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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