TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wellington Community Law Centre
TI  - Review of the Domestic Violence Act 1995: is it meeting its objectives?
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - Wellington Community Law Centre
KW  - FVC
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - This item is only available from the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges Inc; nz
N2  - This report discusses whether or not the Domestic Violence Act (1995) is meeting its objectives, as set out in section 5 of the Act. The research involved sending questionnaires to people working in agencies in the area of domestic violence, police, and lawyers. Overall, the participants said that the Act was not completely successful and many recommendations were given for improvement. These recommendations include the granting of protection orders without notice, access to legal aid for all women, more simplified protection order application forms, ongoing training for judges and police officers, and a tightening of section 14 of the Act that currently gives judges too wide discretionary power
ER  -