Negotiating Domestic Violence - Police, Criminal Justice and Victims

Zusatztext a gem of a book .../Prof P.A.J. Waddington, University of Reading/ Police Review, 26/03/99 Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Hoyle is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Oxford. Zusammenfassung In the early 1990s policy changes were introduced in the UK in an attempt to increase arrest rates in domestic violence cases. This book examines the criminal justice response to this prevalent form of violence in the light of these changes. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expectations of victims, and how their choices impact on decisions made by police and prosecutors.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Hoyle, Carolyn (Lecturer in Criminology Hoyle, Hoyle Carolyn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.1998
• EAN: 9780198267737
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826773-7
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Sociology: family & relationships, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sociology: family and relationships, Domestic abuse, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Legal systems: general