Introduction to the Special Section

Authors

  • Marian Duggan University of Kent
  • Charlotte Barlow University of Central Lancashire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.1258

Abstract

This paper introduces the Special Section Can Criminal Justice Responses Empower Women? A Case Study of Domestic Abuse Disclosure Schemes. It locates the case study of Domestic Abuse Disclosure Schemes in a wider trend of expanded criminal justice responses to domestic abuse. It then outlines the introduction and format of the Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales in 2014, followed by schemes introduced in other jurisdictions. It goes on to discuss the development, uptake and wider contextualisation of the schemes, as well as the emerging body of academic research. Finally, the contributions of the four substantive papers in this Special Section are detailed.

Author Biographies

Marian Duggan, University of Kent

Reader in Criminology, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, UK.

Charlotte Barlow, University of Central Lancashire

Reader in Criminal Justice and Policing, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire, UK. 

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Published

04-05-2024

How to Cite

Duggan, M., & Barlow, C. (2024). Introduction to the Special Section. Feminists@law, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.1258

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024)

Section

Can Criminal Justice Responses Empower Women? A Case Study of Domestic Abuse Disclosure Schemes

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