RT Article
T1 The Whole Story: The Dilemma of the Domestic Violence Protection Order Narrative
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 1
SP 180
OP 197
A1 Fitzgerald, Robin
A1 Douglas, Heather
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1687585113
AB The complaint narrative, in which victims describe their experiences of abuse as part of the domestic violence protection order application process, has been questioned on the basis that quality and outcome might vary depending on who completes the form. Using a mixed-methods narrative analysis approach, we advance this inquiry by examining whether distinct ‘types' of narratives can be identified across a sample of protection order application narratives from the state of Queensland in Australia. We find three distinct narrative types that are differently associated with who makes the application and the protection order outcome. The results underscore the unevenness in the protection order process and equitable access to justice more broadly.
K1 Domestic violence
K1 Protection orders
K1 Narrative analysis
K1 Latent class analysis
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz043