RT Article
T1 Striving for Gender Equality: Representations of Gender in “Progressive” Domestic Violence Policy
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 3/4
SP 470
OP 488
A1 Kuskoff, Ella
A2 Parsell, Cameron 1974-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1750096862
AB International feminist scholarship highlights the benefits of approaching domestic violence policy through a gendered lens. Yet to be examined, however, is the extent to which explicitly gendered domestic violence policies may contain barriers that limit the potential benefits of a gendered approach. This qualitative research examines the assumptions embedded in explicitly gendered domestic violence policy in the Australian state of Queensland. Findings suggest that Queensland’s “progressive” domestic violence policy is underpinned by dominant gendered assumptions that reinforce existing unequal social structures. These findings offer important lessons for international jurisdictions that aspire to adopt gendered domestic violence policy.
K1 Policy
K1 Discourse
K1 Domestic Violence
DO 10.1177/1077801220909892