TY  - SER
AU  - Fitz-Gibbon, Kate
AU  - Walklate, Sandra
TI  - The efficacy of Clare's law in domestic violence law reform in England and Wales
PY  - 2017///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - DISCLOSURE SCHEMES
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LAW REFORM
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - POLICE PROCEDURES
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - ENGLAND
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
KW  - WALES
N1  - Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2017, 17(3): 284-300
N2  - "In 2011 the high profile murder of Clare Wood led to the introduction of the national domestic violence disclosure scheme (‘Clare’s Law’) in England and Wales. The scheme aims to prevent the perpetration of violence between intimate partners through the sharing of information about prior histories of violence. Despite already spreading to comparable jurisdictions in the UK and Australia, to date the merits of a domestic violence disclosure scheme have been the subject of limited scholarly review and analysis. This article provides a timely critical analysis of the need for and merits of Clare’s Law. It examines the data impediments to the scheme, the need to balance the right to protection with the right to privacy and the question of victim empowerment versus responsibilization and victim blaming. The article concludes that there is a need to heed caution in adopting this policy elsewhere." (Augors' abstract). Record #5189
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748895816671383
UR  - https://theconversation.com/uk-experience-of-domestic-violence-disclosure-schemes-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-australia-66553
ER  -