The Perceptions of Judicial and Psychosocial Interveners of the Consequences of Dropped Charges in Domestic Violence Cases-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Perceptions of Judicial and Psychosocial Interveners of the Consequences of Dropped Charges in Domestic Violence Cases

Published:2010-12 Issue:12 Volume:16 Page:1375-1395
ISSN:1077-8012
Container-title:Violence Against Women
language:en
Short-container-title:Violence Against Women

Author:

Gauthier Sonia¹

Affiliation:

1. Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada,

Abstract

Many domestic violence cases do not go to trial because the victim refuses to testify. This article presents a qualitative study exploring the dismissal of criminal charges in domestic violence cases. The 22 judicial and psychosocial professionals interviewed in Montreal, Canada, discussed various consequences of the legal decision to dismiss the charges on victims, perpetrators, justice system professionals, and society as a whole. Respondents clearly did not view the withdrawal of charges as a failure of the criminalization of domestic violence.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Sociology and Political Science,Gender Studies

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1077801210389163

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