Domestic Violence

by Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger; Buzawa, Carl G.

• ISBN13: 9780865690011
• ISBN10: 0865690014
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

The markedly increased attention focused on violence within families has gripped the concerned interest not only of academic researchers but also that of the public and its law enforcement and criminal justice segments. Contemporary recognition of the widespread problem of abuse within the home, often dramatically and poignantly detailed, has not, however, led to clear and universally accepted public institutional responses. This authoritative volume presents a comprehensive evaluation of approaches, policies, and practical enforcement measures that have been effected by law enforcement and criminal justice bodies. The development of changes in social attitudes to spousal abuse; the role of the police and the practical interventions they may impose when contacted; the ramifications which decisions to prosecute may have on defendants' subsequent behavior; and the victims' responses to public interventions are topics that are all covered by this book. It is a current, substantive, and practically instructive volume on a social issue of vital importance.

Table of Contents

Introduction

History of the Response to Domestic Violence

The Development of Social Attitudes Toward Spousal Abuse by Arnold Binder and James Meeker

Battering and the Criminal Justice System: A Feminist View by Demie Kurz

Police Intervention

Screening Calls by Peter K. Manning

Identifying Households at Risk of Domestic Violence by Glenn L. Pierce and Susan Spaar

The Courts' Response to Police Intervention in Domestic Violence by Marvin Zalman

Arrest and the Reduction of Repeat Wife Assault by Donald G. Dutton, Stephen D. Hart, Leslie W. Kennedy, and Kirk R. Williams

Arrest as a Method to Control Spouse Abuse by Arnold Binder and James Meeker

Prosecutorial and Judicial Response

Domestic Violence: Its Legal Definitions by James B. Halsted

Innovative Approaches to the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Crimes: An Overview by Naomi R. Cahn

The Preventive Impacts of Policies for Prosecuting Wife Batterers by David Ford and Mary Jean Regoli

The Court's Response to Interpersonal Violence: A Comparison of Intimate and Nonintimate Assault by Kathleen J. Ferraro and Tascha Boychuk

Do Restraining Orders Help? Battered Women's Experience with Male Violence and Legal Process by Molly Chaudhuri and Kathleen Daly

Criminal Justice Intervention and Victims

Role of Victim Preference in Determining Police Response to Victims of Domestic Violence by Eve S. Buzawa, Thomas L. Austin, James Bannon, and James Jackson

Framing and Reframing Battered Women by Evan Stark

Index