TY - SER AU - Busch, Ruth AU - Lapsley,Hilary AU - Robertson,Neville R. TI - Battered women and the justice system SN - 1350-2778 PY - 1993/// CY - Wellington PB - Butterworths KW - FVC KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - JUSTICE KW - LEGISLATION KW - PROTECTION ORDERS KW - SURVIVORS KW - VICTIMS KW - WOMEN KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE N1 - Part 1 of a domestic protection study; Butterworths Family Law Journal 1(1) June 1993 : 19-24 N2 - This article discusses Part 1 of a domestic protection study of battered women seeking protection from the justice system. Three case studies are presented that formed part of a substantial study of the problem of repeated breaches of domestic protection orders (see "Protection From Family Violence: A Study of Protection Orders Under the Domestic Protection Act 1982", Busch, Lapsley & Robertson, 1992). The authors contend that the women's stories are central to a critical evaluation of the efficacy of interventions offered by the justice system ER -