Web resource:	http://sydney.edu.au/law/slr/slr_34/slr34_4/05_Wangmann_ProtectionOrderSystem.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Incidents v context: how does the NSW protection order system understand intimate partner violence?
Other Titles:	The Sydney law review
Authors:	Wangmann, Jane
Keywords:	Legal issues;Policing;Legislation analysis;Protection orders
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Faculty of Law
Citation:	34 (4), December 2012
Notes:	This Australian article critiques the ways in which civil protection order systems, like the criminal law, continue to focus on discrete incidents of domestic violence rather than patterns of control. The author argues that although civil protection order systems have the potential to move beyond the criminal law’s traditional emphasis on physical violence and single acts, there has tended to be an implementation gap between feminist law reform efforts in this area and legal systems and practice. The article draws on a case study of cross applications in New South Wales (NSW) Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) proceedings. The case study involved: in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 10 women (the study was unsuccessful in recruiting men for interview) and 27 professionals in the legal system; a documentary analysis of 12 months of court files from three large metropolitan courts (78 cross applications or 156 single applications); and court observations (73 ADVO mentions and two contested hearings).
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15221
ISSN:	0082-0512
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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