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Safety issues associated with using restorative justice for intimate partner violence Anne Hayden

By: Hayden, Anne.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Women's Studies Journal.Publisher: Women's Studies Association of New Zealand, 2012Subject(s): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | GENDER | OFFENDERS | RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | SAFETY | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Women's Studies Journal, 2012, 26(2): 4-16Summary: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is renowned for its potential to harm and its under-reporting. A study in New Zealand explored non-reporting of IPV, and the extent to which using restorative justice (RJ) could increase reporting of this type of crime. Although the use of RJ for IPV is heavily debated, 79% of participants in my (2010) research considered that increased availability of RJ would increase reporting of IPV. It demonstrated the importance placed upon their relationship by victims and perpetrators, the complexity of power in IPV, and a range of ways IPV is reported. Like most literature on the subject, Safety was identified as a priority. In this article I examine the implications of gender and RJ, safety in terms of ways RJ would increase, decrease safety for victims, and ways the process coul d be made safer in IPV situations. (Author's abstract) Record #4026
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Women's Studies Journal, 2012, 26(2): 4-16

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is renowned for its potential to harm and its under-reporting. A study in New
Zealand explored non-reporting of IPV, and the extent to which using restorative justice (RJ) could increase reporting
of this type of crime. Although the use of RJ for IPV is heavily debated, 79% of participants in my (2010)
research considered that increased availability of RJ would increase reporting of IPV. It demonstrated the importance
placed upon their relationship by victims and perpetrators, the complexity of power in IPV, and a range of
ways IPV is reported. Like most literature on the subject, Safety was identified as a priority. In this article I examine
the implications of gender and RJ, safety in terms of ways RJ would increase, decrease safety for victims, and ways the process coul d be made safer in IPV situations. (Author's abstract) Record #4026