Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis

Punishing Violence (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A clear examination of the relationship underpinning violence and the reasons for violent acts. This is a clear and authoritative account of the reality of assault and identify a dislocation between purposes of victims and justice system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134859351
• Artikelnr.: 47889102

Autorenporträt

Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1 Introduction
A different kind of monitoring
Research method
2 The Reality of assault
Sex
Age
Race
Lifestyle
Predictors
Assault archetypes
3 Harm and reporting
Tolerance of violence
Assaults in a 'domestic' context
Reporting
4 The victim and the police
The significance of the 'complaint'
Seriousness and the limits of police discretion
5 The police and the demands of the legal process
The demands of the prosecution process
The mechanics of detecting assault
Witnesses
The police, the prosecution and the public
6 Police case construction
Police perception of the assailant
The significance of the assailant's race
The imposition of police views in statement-taking
Determining the charge
7 Victims in court
Difficulties faced by the prosecution in proving assault charges
The 'story' and the court
The victim in court
8 Assault, prosecution and the victim
Criminalisation
Assault, prosecution and the victim
Appendix A-Research method
Appendix B-The cases
Notes
Bibliography
Index