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dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Heatheren
dc.contributor.authorGodden, Leeen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:46:20Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:46:20Z-
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19447-
dc.formatii, 60 p.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherGriffith University School of Law Socio-Legal Research Centreen
dc.subjectLegal issuesen
dc.subjectCriminal justice responsesen
dc.subjectLegislation analysisen
dc.titleThe decriminalisation of domestic violenceen
dc.typeReporten
dc.identifier.catalogid3948en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1014282en
dc.subject.keywordReporten
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordQueenslanden
dc.description.notesFor further details in relation to this report, please contact Heather Douglas: h.douglas@mailbox.gu.edu.au<br/ >In a report examining the interaction of the Queensland Criminal Code with the Queensland Domestic Violence legislation, Douglas and Godden find that perpetrators of domestic violence between intimate partners are rarely prosecuted as a criminal offence. The authors examine in detail 804 files identified in the Brisbane registry of the Magistrates Court Queensland in 2001 related to matters arising under the Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Act 1989 (Qld). ‘Part One: Background’ looks at the research objectives and methodology used for the report as well as the history of legal responses to domestic violence. ‘Part Two: The Magistrates Court Files’ looks at the variables involved in the sample of 804 cases including (among others) age, employment status, history of violence and outcome. ‘Part Three: Understanding the Lack of Criminal Prosecutions’ uses interviews with workers in the domestic violence area to gain an understanding of why perpetrators of domestic violence are rarely charged with criminal offences. The report concludes that there is a need for a cultural shift in the way in which violence within an intimate relationship is perceived. It is suggested that further research is indicated to determine if greater reliance on a formalised criminal code supported by institutional change and working in tandem with domestic violence legislation will result in that shift.en
dc.date.entered2002-05-08en
dc.description.physicaldescriptionii, 60 p.en
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