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Racial Minority Women and Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence

verfasst von: Dora M. Y. Tam, Leslie M. Tutty, Ze Hong Zhuang, Eva Paz

Erschienen in: Journal of Family Violence | Ausgabe 4/2016

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Abstract

Racialized minority women’s experiences with Canadian specialized criminal justice responses to domestic violence have seldom been documented. Informed by an intersectionality framework, this qualitative study presents the struggles of 14 racial minority women from three Canadian cities and their experiences with the police and criminal court’s response to their partner’s acts of domestic violence. The results focus on how well specialized criminal justice responses address the needs of these women and protect them from further violence. Factors that facilitate or deter these women from approaching the criminal justice system for help are highlighted. The implications of these women’s narratives for criminal justice responses to domestic violence are discussed.

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Titel: Racial Minority Women and Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence
verfasst von: Dora M. Y. Tam
Leslie M. Tutty
Ze Hong Zhuang
Eva Paz
Publikationsdatum: 26.12.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Family Violence / Ausgabe 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9794-7

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