TY  - SER
AU  - Newbold, Greg
AU  - Cross,Jenny
TI  - Domestic violence and pro-arrest policy
SN  - 1172-4382
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Wellington, New Zealand
PB  - Ministry of Social Development
KW  - FVC
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995
KW  - FEMINISM
KW  - GENDER
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LEGAL STATUS
KW  - POLICE PROCEDURES
KW  - POLICY
KW  - SOCIAL SERVICES
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, March 2008, 33: 1-14
N2  - Prior to the 1980s police in New Zealand, as in other Western jurisdictions, tended to adopt a minimalist stance to the treatment of domestic violence, with separation and mediation favoured over arrest. By the late 1960s, however, the 'second wave' of the feminist movement had begun to have an impact on social attitudes, and from the early 1980s presumptive arrest strategies gained international popularity. Although research into the effectiveness of presumptive arrest has been inconclusive, New Zealand moved increasingly toward such a policy from 1987 onward. This paper discusses the progress and effects of various police initiatives in New Zealand's fight against domestic violence over the past 20 years, and argues that although a policy of presumptive arrest sounds attractive, there are good legal and practical reasons why the police have continued to exercise discretion in the way the policy is interpreted
UR  - http://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj33/33-Pages-1-14.pdf
UR  - http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj33/33-domestic-violence-and-pro-arrest-policy-p1-14.html
ER  -