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dc.contributor.authorFedders, Barbaraen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:20:43Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:20:43Z-
dc.date.issued1997en
dc.identifier.citation23 (2)en
dc.identifier.issn487481en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15660-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherNew York University Pressen
dc.subjectCross-culturalen
dc.subjectCALD (culturally and linguistically diverse)en
dc.subjectCriminal justice responsesen
dc.subjectPolicingen
dc.titleLobbying for mandatory-arrest policies: race, class, and the politics of the battered women's movementen
dc.title.alternativeReview of law and social changeen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid2215en
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.keywordInternationalen
dc.description.notesVariant Title: New York University review of law and social change<br/ >Variant Title: New York University review of law & social change<br/ >Provides a critical analysis within a US context of mandatory arrest policies for perpetrators of domestic violence with particular emphasis on the ways in which such policies can minimise the significance of race and class, placing marginalised groups of women at an even greater disadvantage. In part one, the development of the battered women’s movement is discussed and some of the difficulties encountered by researchers in this area are identified. The development of the movement’s support for mandatory arrest, its impetus and rational, is then examined and subsequent criminological studies refuting this rationale are highlighted. It is argued that although the battered women’s movement may view mandatory arrest as symbolic of State support for their cause, this is of little value to women whose only experiences of the State have been of violence and repression. Concludes by summarising some of the costs and benefits of essentialism within the battered women’s movement – while significant legislative change has been achieved, the experiences and needs of low-income, non-Anglo Saxon women have been minimised and marginalised. Asserts that if responses to domestic violence are to meet the needs of particular communities, we must move beyond universalising the problem, towards more inclusive process which seek the input and participation of women from a variety of backgrounds.en
dc.identifier.sourceReview of law and social changeen
dc.date.entered2001-10-16en
dc.publisher.placeNew Yorken
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