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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

01 January 1991

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
refdoc August=1991

BOOKS/PAMPHLETS , User Ref = 343.6 , Acc Date = 16-Dec-89
L J F Smith, Home Office Research and Planning Unit
HMSO, 1989 132pp (Home Office Research Study no.107) RB47590

Reviews the research literature on the various aspects of
domestic violence, paying particular attention to its historical
origins; presenting evidence on the extent and nature of the
problem with a discussion of the explanations which have been
advanced to account for its occurrence. Legal remedies and their
application in practice are described, as are the responses of
statutory and other agencies and the perception of these
responses by victims.

family violence, crime, criminal justice system, police, civil
law, criminal law, prosecution, social services, refuge, housing

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