Professionalising responses to domestic violence in the UK: definitional difficulties
Abstract
Effective professional approaches to the issue of domestic violence are in danger of being undermined by a lack of clarity in definition. This article argues that the gender neutral specification of domestic violence, the breadth of circumstances that comprise it and the encouragement of local variations allow a shift of focus away from the real problem of violence by males upon females and coherent crime reduction strategies.
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Citation
Radford, J. (2003), "Professionalising responses to domestic violence in the UK: definitional difficulties", Safer Communities, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200300006
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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