TY  - SER
AU  - Westera, Nina
AU  - Powell, B. 
TI  - Prosecutors' perceptions of how to improve the quality of evidence in domestic violence cases
PY  - 2015///
PB  - Taylor and Francis, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - EVIDENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - POLICE PROCEDURES
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Policing and Society, 2015, Advance online publication, 23 June 2015
N2  - "Limited evidence in domestic violence prosecutions is a persistent problem. Focus groups with 13 prosecutors from across Australia and New Zealand were used to explore how to improve the quality of evidence collected and presented in these cases. A thematic analysis identified three main strategies: improving the quality of investigations by initial police responders, supporting the complainant and tailoring the trial process to the domestic violence context. The most discussed strategy within these categories has previously received little attention– police video recording the complainant's initial account and using that video as the basis for the complainant's courtroom testimony." (Authors' abstract). Record #4756
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1039002
ER  -