The Unintended Consequences of Mandatory Charge Policies
The study suggests that the inability to determine adominant aggressor and/or the sole charging of abused women appear to be a result of two interrelated factors: mandatory charge policies are implemented in a gender neutral way and criminal justice practices rely upon a notion of violence that is “act-based” or “incident–based,” rather than relational and contextually-based.
Type/Format of Resource: WomanACT publications
Category/Topic of interest:
Woman Abuse
Emotional Abuse
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Psychological Abuse
Financial Abuse
Older women abuse
Aboriginal Woman and Abuse
Immigrant/Refugee Woman and Abuse
Population Group:
Victims / Survivors
Immigrant/Refugee Women
Aboriginal Women
Pregnant Women
Language of Resource:
English
Year of Publication: 2005
Associated Document:
WomenCharged
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