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 revolves around 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
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032596099
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259609-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Queering Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); 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