Violence and social justice

Intrafamily violence and justice.

This study aimed to analyze the structural, developmental and functional dimensions of families in situations of violence, under judicial intervention in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The theoretical reference utilized was centered on the perspective of the ecological context of human development. A qualitative methodology was adopted. Data collection was constituted in the analysis of the...

Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: Advancing the Dialogue Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: Advancing the Dialogue

Interest in domestic violence work has been growing for many years in the restorative justice movement, particularly on an academic level. Resources and discussions that connected restorative justice and domestic violence were very few five years ago, but that is changing. Publications such as the collection Restorative Justice and Family Violence (ed. by Strang and Braithwaite), the multi-year...

Social Justice Through Civil Justice

Domestic and Family Violence: Criminal Justice Interventions

DOMESTIC violence is a crime. This has been the key policy statement driving government and community reforms for the past 30 years. Criminalisation responds to the critique of early feminists that the privacy of the family created a screen behind which some men brutalised women and children. Criminalisation seeks to introduce the standards and norms of non-violence in public places, and the me...

Restorative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence

There is an urgent need to create new ways for abused women to find justice. Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, community activists know well that justice for abused women remains elusive. The National Violence Against Women Survey indicates that only one-quarter of physical assaults in the U.S. are reported to the police. The authors of this major study suggest that ma...