TY  - SER
AU  - Boshier, Peter
TI  - The Domestic Violence Act  ten years on
SN  - 1746-8000
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - Lexis Nexis
KW  - FVC
KW  - CONSULTATION HUI
KW  - DEMOGRAPHICS
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995
KW  - FAMILY COURT
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - LAW
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - This article is adapted from a speech given by Judge Boshier at the Domestic Violence Hui, Te Unga Waka, Auckland on 27 March 2006; New Zealand Family Law Journal 5(6) June 2006 : 133-139
N2  - This article examines the Family Court's response to domestic violence. The author posits that protection orders are not having the effect of decreasing levels of domestic violence. Topics covered in the article include: without notice applications and the burden of proof, cost factors associated with a protection order, the effect of violence on children and their care arrangements, defining violence, prosecution for breaches of protection orders, and delays in the Family Court. The author also discusses some of the criticisms aimed at the Court's treatment of domestic violence, particularly those made in a report by the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges (Hann, 2004)
ER  -