The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-66208-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Violence, Inequality and Change

Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs – first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

Drawing on rich empirical data, this text combines information gathered from published DARDRs as well as from the experiences of stakeholders, including representatives from organisations who had contact with a victim, and those who knew them personally. This analysis is further underpinned by the author’s distinct perspective as a practitioner, which includes having led DARDRs as an independent chair. Setting out an approach that frames the review of domestic abuse-related deaths as a means of achieving justice, the book addresses best practice in making sense of domestic abuse-related deaths, the efforts to drive practice, policy and systems change, and the memorialisation of victims, with a view to improving responses to domestic abuse for all victims, survivors and, perhaps, to prevent future deaths.

The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse- Related Deaths will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology, social work, and sociology, as a way of understanding the policy and practice of trying to make sense of and respond to domestic abuse-related deaths.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowlands, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1: The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths

2: Researching Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews

3: Establishing Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews: Becoming Available for Use

4: Shared or Disparate Vision(s): What Are Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews For?

5: Practices of Review Part 1: Who and What Is Used by and in Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews?

6: Practices of Review Part 2: Can Dialogic Democracy be Achieved in Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews?

7: Maintaining the Status Quo or Delivering Change: How are Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews Used?

8: What Next?

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

James Rowlands is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. His research focuses on domestic abuse, specifically domestic homicide and domestic abuse-related deaths by suicide, as well as fatality review systems and femicide. James has also worked as an independent chair of DARDRs in England and Wales.