TY - SER AU - Adams, Amy TI - Reform of family violence law : : Paper 3. Prosecuting family violence. Cabinet paper PY - 2016/// CY - Wellington, New Zealand : PB - Ministry of Justice, KW - GOVERNMENT POLICY KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - COERCIVE CONTROL KW - CRIMINAL LAW KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995 KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - JUSTICE KW - LAW REFORM KW - LEGISLATION KW - OFFENDERS KW - PERPETRATORS KW - SENTENCING KW - STRANGULATION KW - CRIME KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Paper presented to the Cabinet Social Policy Committee. Publicly released cabinet paper, September 2016 N2 - This is the third of three papers prepared for Cabinet, seeking agreement to reforms to the law applying to family violence, following the review of family violence legislation. [The Minister of Justice] seek[s] agreement to changes to elements of the criminal law's response to family violence. (From the paper). Paper 1 sets the context and Paper 2 relates to civil law. Follow the links to the website for background information including the report - Safer sooner: Strengthening New Zealand's family violence laws (#5158) and the other cabinet papers. Follow the link to the NZFVC news item on these law reforms. Record #5182 UR - https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/fv-reform-paper-3-prosecuting.pdf UR - http://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/key-initiatives/reducing-family-and-sexual-violence/safer-sooner UR - https://nzfvc.org.nz/news/govt-announces-proposed-changes-under-legislative-review ER -