Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice Groves Nicola
Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice Groves Nicola This book aims to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the subject of domestic violence and its interaction with the criminal…
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Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice Groves Nicola
This book aims to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the subject of domestic violence and its interaction with the criminal justice system- including agencies such as the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the probation service and Children's Services, the courts and the prison service, as well as voluntary agencies such as Women's Aid. It takes an historical approach to examine policy and legislative developments over the last forty years and how those developments make themselves manifest today. The The book also looks at how these various agencies work together at a local level and the coordinating role of the Home Office and the direction provided at a central level.Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice examines the phenomenon of domestic violence, the various forms it takes and the theories that have been put forward to explain it.