In 1984, the United States Attorney General's Task Force on Domestic Violence called for
strengthening the criminal legal response to domestic violence in the United States. Former …

Study using data on criminal prosecutions of breaches of domestic violence protection
orders in three Queensland magistrates' courts-process of criminal intervention in the …

This article considers whether a specific domestic violence offence is needed in Australian
criminal law that can recognise the ongoing, controlling and coercive nature of domestic …

Legal processes and gendered violence : cross-applications for domestic violence
protection orders. Page 1 56 UNSW Law Journal Volume 36(1) LEGAL PROCESSES AND …

Feminist legal scholarship on the treatment of women as victimwitnesses and as defendants
in criminal cases has highlighted the many failures of criminal law to respond adequately to …

The complaint narrative, in which victims describe their experiences of abuse as part of the
domestic violence protection order application process, has been questioned on the basis …

This chapter provides an overview of the historical and contemporary responses to domestic
violence in Australia. The idea that domestic violence is a private matter largely prevailed …

The concept of equality has been a key animating principle of modern feminism, and has
been highly productive for feminist legal thought and feminist politics concerning law. Today …

This paper will examine the legal position India holds today with respect to marital rape. It
will first study how India's criminal law has been shaped over the years: starting with its …

3.1 It is clear that there are a number of obstacles to getting breaches of family violence
intervention orders before the court, including under-reporting and procedural difficulties …