000			02601nab a2200409Ia 4500
001			112677
005			20250625151146.0
008			110331s2006 eng
022			_a1746-8000
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aTowns, Alison _92221
245			_aAccountability, natural justice and safety : _bthe Protection Order Pilot Study (POPS) of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 _cTowns, Alison; Scott, Hazel
260			_aWellington _bLexis Nexis _c2006
365			_a00 _b0
490	0		_aNew Zealand Family Law Journal
500			_aNew Zealand Family Law Journal 5(7) 2006 : 157-168
520			_aThis article provides findings from a research project investigating concerns around the way the Domestic Violence Act (1995) is being implemented, in particular, the difficulty victims experience in obtaining temporary protection orders and legal protection from psychological abuse. The researchers utilise justice statistics and a discourse analysis of interviews with 10 informants working in the area of family violence, including court staff, police, and community workers. They discuss two key themes drawn from the interviews: perpetrator accountability, and human rights issues. Perpetrators of violence are not always being held to account for their violence, particularly due to the failure to follow-up perpetrators' non-attendance at mandated stopping violence programmes, and police not prosecuting other breaches of protection orders. Furthermore, the researchers assert that due to many reasons (including costs, variability of decisions made by judges, and inadequate court resourcing), legal protection from domestic violence is now less accessible to female victims. A focus on men's right to natural justice (their right to answer allegations made against them) means that women's human rights to safety and protection are being violated.
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCARE AND PROTECTION _997
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995 _9204
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aLEGISLATION _9346
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPOLICY _9447
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPROTECTION ORDERS _9470
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSURVIVORS _9593
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
700	1		_aScott, Hazel _92074
773	0		_tNew Zealand Family Law Journal 5(7) 2006 : 157-168
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE
999			_c1957 _d1957