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001			112861
005			20250625151227.0
008			110331s2005 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a346.015 JUD
100			_aThompson, Juliet Louise _92209
245			_aJudicial experiences : _ba discourse analysis of Family Courts judges' talk about domestic violence _cThompson, Juliet Louise
246			_bA thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University.
260			_c2005
300			_avii, 66 p.
365			_a00 _b0
520			_aThesis (MA - Psychology) - Massey University, 2005. This thesis focuses on Family Court Judges' responses to domestic violence and asks how these Judges make sense of domestic violence and their work within the Domestic Violence Act (1995) in providing effective protection for victims. The framework for the research uses a feminist post-structuralist approach. Two family Court Judges were interviewed and a discursive analysis was made of two published papers, taken from speeches made by Judges. The results of the discursive analysis indicate that within the legal discourse there is a move away from valuing the role of women's groups and feminist theory in regard to the construction of domestic violence. The current construction of domestic violence within the Judges' talk tended to value the role of father's rights groups and the patriarchal familial construction of the father/child relationship. Domestic violence is being constructed more in terms of provocation rather than in terms of power and control, which is the feminist construction of domestic violence that current legislation is base upon. These differences between the legal discourse and feminist discourse constructions of domestic violence raise important questions as to how the aims of the Domestic Violence Act (1995) are being constructed by the Judges and whether these constructions are impacting on the effective protection of domestic violence victims.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650	2	7	_aFAMILY COURT _9241
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aLEGISLATION _9346
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPROTECTION ORDERS _9470
650	2	4	_aPSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE _9472
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	_9336 _aLAW
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c2811 _d2811