
The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits PDF Free Download
The book The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits Are written by Jeffrey Fagan. Over the past 30 years, the criminalization of domestic violence has developed along three parallel but generally separate tracks: criminal punishment and deterrence of offenders, treatment of offenders, and restraining orders designed to protect victims through the threat of civil or criminal legal sanctions.
Each of these lines of policy has been informed, advanced, and supported by battered women's advocacy groups. Victim advocacy groups have worked vigorously for legislative and policy change, monitored and corrected the implementation of laws and policies, and strongly supported the expansion of resources for victim services. Various jurisdictions have attempted to integrate these pol...