Type:	Thesis
Title:	Domestic violence and the police - who is being protected? : a rural Australian view
Authors:	Coorey, Lyla
Keywords:	Policing;Regional rural and remote areas
Year:	1989
Publisher:	University of Sydney Printing Service
Notes:	Research supported by the NSW Police Dept. and the Criminology Research Council -- acknowledgements. Thesis (M.S.W.) -- University of Sydney, 1988. Asserts that there is a disproportionate number of domestic homicides in rural areas. Explores the nature of prolonged domestic violence in a rural town in New South Wales, focusing on police response to domestic violence and the difficulties facing rural victims of domestic violence. Contents include explanations for domestic violence, methodology, police perceptions of and responses to domestic violence and the perceptions and responses of women victims, features of police power in domestic violence situations, and the special difficulties facing rural women who want to leave violent situations.
Contents:	Chapter One: Explanations for domestic violence Chapter Two: Methodology Chapter Three: Police perceptions of and responses to domestic violence and the perceptions and responses of the women victims Chapter Four: Features of police power in domestic violence situations Chapter Five: Special difficulties facing rural women who want to leave violent situations Chapter Six: Conclusion Bibliography Appendix
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17839
Physical description:	213 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Miscellaneous

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