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008 110331s2000 eng
040 _aWSS
_dAFV
100 _aBusch, Ruth
_9856
245 _aChanging the discourses of battering :
_bevaluating the New Zealand experience of domestic violence related law reform
_cBusch, Ruth
260 _aHamilton, New Zealand
_c2000
300 _a24 p.
365 _a00
_b0
500 _aThis item is only available from the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges Inc.
500 _aFamily Law Conference 2000
520 _aThis conference paper details research undertaken by the author on repeated breaches of protection orders in New Zealand. The research involved 20 detailed case studies of battered women who had obtained protection orders that were later breached, as well as over 70 interviews with professionals working in the domestic violence field, such as Family and District Court Judges, refuge workers, and police officers. The author found that the legal system consistently trivialised violence against women and children, and engaged in partly blaming victims for the violence. She also found that Court counselling programmes lacked the safety protocols to keep women from being attacked, and in one case murdered, after the counselling session. Women also reported that they had been intimidated by their estranged partner once the session had ended, and that there was a lack of culturally sensitive methods for Māori and Pacific Island women. The author concluded that there is no one 'magic bullet' in dealing with domestic violence, and instead, a community-wide approach must be used that unites all agencies under the one common goal of providing independence for victims, and holding batterers accountable.
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 2 7 _aINTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
_9396
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 2 7 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aJUSTICE
_9333
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aPROTECTION ORDERS
_9470
650 2 7 _aSAFETY
_9511
650 2 4 _aSOCIAL SERVICES
_9555
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aTREATMENT
_9613
650 2 4 _aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9624
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
_92588
650 2 7 _9458
_aPREVENTION
_2FVC
773 0 _tFamily Law Conference 2000
942 _2ddc
_cBRIEFING
999 _c2211
_d2211