Innovative approaches to child custody and domestic violence in New Zealand : the effects of law reform on the discourses of battering
Busch, Ruth
Innovative approaches to child custody and domestic violence in New Zealand : the effects of law reform on the discourses of battering Busch, Ruth; Robertson, Neville R. - New York Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press 2000 - 31 p. - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma .
Has been co-published simultaneously in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 3(1), 2000. In R. A. Geffner, P. G. Jaffe & M. Sudermann (Eds.). Children exposed to domestic violence : current issues in research, intervention, prevention, and policy development : p. 269-299
This chapter examines the efficacy of law reforms to provide better protection for women and children from domestic violence. It looks at disputes around child custody and the issue of violence. Judicial discourses of domestic violence are explored, with particular reference to the Domestic Violence Act (1995) and the associated amendments to the Guardianship Act (1968). Improvements in relation to the law reforms are noted. The authors argue that despite these improvements, there is still a persistence of some old discourses that trivialise violence towards women, seeing them as provocative and unworthy of protection. It is concluded that an intersectoral approach is needed to end domestic violence towards women and children.
nz
0789007851
CARE AND PROTECTION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OFFENDERS
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
TREATMENT
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND
Innovative approaches to child custody and domestic violence in New Zealand : the effects of law reform on the discourses of battering Busch, Ruth; Robertson, Neville R. - New York Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press 2000 - 31 p. - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma .
Has been co-published simultaneously in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 3(1), 2000. In R. A. Geffner, P. G. Jaffe & M. Sudermann (Eds.). Children exposed to domestic violence : current issues in research, intervention, prevention, and policy development : p. 269-299
This chapter examines the efficacy of law reforms to provide better protection for women and children from domestic violence. It looks at disputes around child custody and the issue of violence. Judicial discourses of domestic violence are explored, with particular reference to the Domestic Violence Act (1995) and the associated amendments to the Guardianship Act (1968). Improvements in relation to the law reforms are noted. The authors argue that despite these improvements, there is still a persistence of some old discourses that trivialise violence towards women, seeing them as provocative and unworthy of protection. It is concluded that an intersectoral approach is needed to end domestic violence towards women and children.
nz
0789007851
CARE AND PROTECTION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OFFENDERS
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
TREATMENT
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND