Queer(y)ing Civil Law Responses to Domestic and Family Violence

This book centres queer criminology as a framework through which we can situate and critique the rigid victim/perpetrator binaries, offering unique, in depth insights into the experiences of LGBTQ+ victim-survivors who have engaged with civil protection order systems.

List of contents

1 Introduction
2 Researching LGBTQ+ victim-survivors' experiences with the civil protection order system
3 Seeking safety and justice: Queer pathways to the civil protection order system
4 Gatekeeping protection: Policing LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence
5 Binaried risk: Pathways from victim-survivor to perpetrator
6 Just agree to it: LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence in the courtroom
7 (Un)safety and wellbeing following engagement with the civil protection order system
8 (Re)centring abolition in queer criminology: Responding to LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence
9 Appendix

About the author

Ellen Reeves is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her research considers the unintended consequences of domestic and family violence law reform, with a particular focus on the 'misidentification' of victim-survivors as predominant aggressors.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Reeves, Ellen (Monash University) Reeves
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032596099
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259609-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Queering Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Humanities, Regional Studies, Legal aspects of criminology, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / LGBTQ+, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Bisexual Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal law: procedure and offences, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics