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040 _aAFVC
100 _aKing, Ruby
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245 _aDigital domestic violence :
_bare victims of intimate partner cyber harassment sufficiently protected by New Zealand's current legislation?
260 _bVictoria University of Wellington,
_c2017
500 _aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2017, 48(1): 29-54
520 _a"The role of technology in intimate partner violence is becoming increasingly common. Intimate partner cyber harassment is a subset of "digital domestic violence ", whereby partners and ex-partners use technology to stalk and harass their victims. This article examines intimate partner cyber harassment, discussing the nature of the behaviour, its prevalence in New Zealand and the damaging impact it has on its victims. The focus, however, is on New Zealand's legislative response. The conclusion reached is that despite the recent introduction of the Hannful Digital Communications Act 2015 and the review of both the Harassment Act 1997 and the Domestic Violence Act 1995, protections for victims of cyber harassment in the context of intimate partner violence remain ineffective. The current legislation fails to fully appreciate the complex issue and protections for victims lie behind procedural barriers. This article recommends that amending existing legislation is the most desirable solution as it enables pre-existing protections to be utilised to more effectively apply to and thus protect victims of intimate partner cyber harassment.' (Author's abstract). Record #5474
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 0 _96078
_aHarmful Digital Communications Act 2015
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aLEGISLATION
_9346
650 _aONLINE HARASSMENT
_95989
650 _aSTALKING
_93265
650 _aTECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
_99831
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
_92588
773 0 _tVictoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2017, 48(1): 29-54
830 _aVictoria University of Wellington Law Review
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942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE