‘Social care told me I had to’: empowerment and responsibilization in the domestic violence disclosure scheme

Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes (DVDS), recently introduced in many jurisdictions, aim to empower victim-survivors of domestic abuse by giving them access to information about their partner’s criminal history. This paper presents findings from the largest study of the police implementation of t...

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Main Author: Hajimatheou, Katerina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 320-336
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Keywords:
Domestic abuse
domestic violence
Disclosure
Child Protection
social care
Victims