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008			110331s2001 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aOliver, Debra _91833
245			_aPolice discourses on policing domestic violence. _cOliver, Debra
260			_c2001
300			_a175 p.
300			_aelectronic document (175 pages) ; PDF file
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500			_aThesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology
520			_aThis research forms part of a larger, ongoing project led by Dr Mandy Morgan, Massey University, which addresses domestic violence from the perspective of its victims, offenders, and other service and intervention providers. This current thesis explores police officers' experiences of policing domestic violence using discourse analysis. The methodological approach stems from a social constructionist paradigm, which holds that language is active and constructive in maintaining, contesting and transforming social reality. To this end, 12 front line officers were interviewed to discuss domestic violence. The interviews were transcribed and a discourse analysis was used to identify shared social resources or discourses used by police officers in their understanding of domestic violence, the people encountered in its policing, and the problems experienced in relation to the pro-arrest policy. Officers made use of a variety of, often contradictory, discourses in their understanding of domestic violence, the people involved in it, and their role in policing it. While the analysis suggests officers continue to draw on discourses that blame victims and exonerate offenders, it also points to a discursive shift in police discourses on policing domestic violence, particularly with regard to its seriousness and dangerousness, the importance of policing it, and the utility of arrest.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL ISSUES _9177
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6931
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS