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008			110331s2006 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aCross, Jenny _91000
245			_aPolicing family violence in Christchurch _cJenny Cross
246			_bThesis
260			_aChristchurch _bUniversity of Canterbury _c2006
300			_a165 p. ; computer file : PDF format (660Kb)
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520			_aThis thesis focuses on a study conducted in Christchurch in 2004, which examined how the New Zealand Police pro-arrest family violence policy was implementation at the local level. Pro-arrest policies were introduced in the US, UK and New Zealand from the mid-1980s onwards in the hope that they would help improve Police responses to family violence and engender consequent changes to police behaviour. However, the implementation of these changes has been fraught with difficulties and has not brought about the desired changes. The author draws on a symbolic interactionist approach and utilises Lipsky's (1980) street-level bureaucracy theory to examine a number of issues, such as pro-arrest policy at the street-level and its associated problems, and the legitimate/illegitimate exercise of discretion. This study found evidence of significant practical problems with the implementation of the pro-arrest policy, which are similar to those reported overseas.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPOLICY _9447
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
651			_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
651			_aCHRISTCHURCH _93293
856	4		_uhttps://files.vine.org.nz/koha-files/Jenny Cross.pdf
856	4		_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/908
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS