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Emma Forbes (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Victims' Experiences of the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse: Beyond GlassWalls

ISBN: 978-1-80117-389-6, eISBN: 978-1-80117-386-5

Publication date: 29 November 2021

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Forbes, E. (2021), "Index", Victims' Experiences of the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse: Beyond GlassWalls (Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-386-520210008

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Copyright © 2022 Emma Forbes


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Abusive behaviour
, 52

Adversarial process
, 137

Adversary system
, 174

Advocacy
, 26

individual
, 25

institutional
, 25

services
, 140–141

support
, 80–83

Agency
, 7–8, 91–95, 177–178

Anti-climax and realisation of fears
, 127–129

Batterer intervention program
, 23

Beijing Platform for Action
, 20–21

Black minority ethnic (BME)
, 158

Blair New Labour administration
, 21

British Crime Survey
, 9

Charter of Fundamental Human Rights of the European Union
, 21

Children (Scotland) Act 1995
, 55

Children First
, 163

Civil Justice Council
, 49, 66n16

Civil Law (see also Criminal Law)

in England and Wales
, 47–49

in Scotland
, 54–57

Civil Partnership Act 2004
, 55

Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021
, 48–49

Civil remedy
, 60–61

Clare’s Law
, 31–32

Closer alignment of civil and criminal courts
, 165–168

Coercive control
, 16, 59, 155

throughout court process
, 113–118

Communitarian approach
, 22

Community-based disposal
, 124

Concurrent civil proceedings, impact of
, 110–113

Continuing professional development (CPD)
, 160

Conversation and reframing thinking
, 160–162

‘Conveyer-belt’ court
, 23

Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA)
, 41n14

Counting Dead Women database
, 34

Court
, 99–100, 123

advocacy services
, 140–141

anti-climax and realisation of fears
, 127–129

being sent home
, 104–106

coercive control throughout court process
, 113–118

impact of concurrent civil proceedings
, 110–113

culture
, 107

evidence
, 107–110

feeling unheard
, 126–127

good outcome
, 134–135

lived experience
, 131–134

personnel assume waiting
, 101

possible outcomes
, 124–126

prosecution
, 135

provision of information
, 130

VISs
, 137–140

waiting at court
, 101–104

Covid-19 global pandemic
, 63

Crime survey
, 10

Criminal courts
, 101

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA)
, 40n4, 47

Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010
, 33

Criminal justice process
, 173

Criminal Law

in England and Wales
, 50–54

in Scotland
, 56–60

Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2010
, 58

Criminal Practice Direction
, 50

Criminalisation thesis
, 61–63

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)
, 6, 27

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
, 6, 36

Custody court
, 1

Dash Risk Checklist
, 28, 41n16

Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse Scotland (DSDAS)
, 31

Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011
, 55

Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
, 56–59, 62, 162–163

Domestic abuse
, 5–6, 11–12, 21, 158–159

nature and scale of
, 8–9

Domestic Abuse Act 2020
, 58

Domestic Abuse Act 2021
, 6, 50, 59, 124, 163, 179

Domestic Abuse Best Practice Framework
, 36

Domestic Abuse Bill
, 52

Domestic Abuse Matters
, 27, 158

Domestic Abuse Pilot Court
, 2

Domestic Abuse Protection Notices/Orders
, 60

Domestic Abuse Task Force in Scotland
, 29

Domestic homicide review (DHR)
, 34

Domestic Violence Crimes and Victims Act 2004
, 34, 48, 50

Domestic Violence Liaison Officers
, 19

Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs)
, 30

Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs)
, 30–31

Duluth model
, 22–23

Education
, 157–162

legal
, 157–158

professional
, 157–158

#EmilyTest
, 33

Emotion and recognizing ongoing abuse
, 154–157

Emotional response
, 152–154

Empathy (justice response)
, 89, 118, 142

Engender
, 20

English civil law
, 46

English criminal law
, 46

Equality and Human Rights Commission
, 21

Equally Safe
, 37–39

delivery plan
, 35

EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018
, 63

European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
, 21

European influence
, 163–164

European Union (EU)
, 19, 46

Evidence
, 107–110

Family campaigns
, 32–34

Family Law Act 1996
, 48

Feminism
, 11–12, 157

Feminist judgements
, 161

Financial penalty
, 125

Funding
, 22, 83

Gender (approach; barriers; policies)
, 17, 173

Gender equality
, 12

Gender-based violence (GBV)
, 33, 162

Gendered policies
, 35

Equally Safe
, 37–39

Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2016–2020
, 36–37

Glasgow Sheriff Court
, 1

Glasgow Women’s Liberation group
, 17

Glass ceiling
, 4

GlassWalls
, 4–5, 179–181

Grassroots, consciousness-raising from
, 17–19

GREVIO development
, 164

High Impact Domestic Violence (HIDV)
, 164

HMA v. Drury
, 161

Home Office
, 18

Homicide Reviews
, 34–35

Human Rights Act 1998
, 21

Ideal victim
, 107

Imprisonment
, 124

Improdova project
, 164

Independent Domestic Abuse Advocates (IDAAs)
, 25, 80, 83

Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs)
, 25

Independent Legal Representation (ILR)
, 164–165

Individual advocacy
, 25

Institutional advocacy
, 25

Intermediaries
, 50–51, 163

Istanbul Convention
, 35, 47

Judicial training
, 28

Jurisdictions
, 35

Justice for Women
, 20

Justice process
, 86–87

Justice response
, 147

education and training
, 157–162

policy and legislative developments
, 162–168

procedural justice
, 148–157

Law
, 45

civil remedy
, 60–61

criminalisation thesis
, 61–63

current challenges
, 63–65

UN and EU influence
, 46–60

Law Society of England and Wales
, 160

Law Society of Scotland
, 160

Legal education
, 157–158

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI)
, 158

Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981
, 54

Matrimonial Homes Act 1983
, 47

Megan’s Law
, 32

Mixed-method approach
, 10

Multi-agency approach
, 22–35

Multi-agency conferences
, 28–30

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
, 29

Multi-agency response
, 16, 64, 126, 149

Multi-agency risk assessment conference (MARAC)
, 28–29, 81

National Code of Practice
, 18

National crime surveys
, 9

National Delivery Group
, 36

National Strategy to Address Domestic Abuse in Scotland
, 22

New Labour government
, 22

New Labour manifesto (1997)
, 21

Nonharassment order (NHO)
, 55, 58, 123–124

Nordic Barnehaus model
, 163

Nordic Paradox
, 163

Our Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls
, 36

Party litigants
, 49

Perceptions of justice
, 123

Perpetrator programmes
, 36, 124

Pilot victimisation study
, 9

Police assessing risk
, 84–87

Police response
, 15–16, 20, 73, 75–76, 79–80

Police Scotland
, 6, 9

Policy and legislative developments
, 162

closer alignment of civil and criminal courts
, 165–168

European influence
, 163–164

ILR
, 164–165

Policy approach
, 15

consciousness-raising from Grassroots
, 17–19

gendered policies
, 35–39

multi-agency approach and risk model
, 22–35

victims’ rights
, 19–22

Practice Direction 1A
, 49

Problem-solving courts
, 24–25

Procedural justice
, 148, 174

emotion and recognizing ongoing abuse
, 154–157

punctuation marks
, 150–151

small steps
, 178–179

waiting and emotional response
, 152–154

Professional education
, 157–158

Professional training
, 158–160

Prosecution
, 135

Prosecutors
, 159

Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
, 55

Protection from Harassment Act 1997
, 48, 55, 57–58

Protective measures
, 47–50, 56, 58, 60–61, 101, 112

Provision of information
, 130

Public interest
, 176

Public/private ’divide’
, 176–177

Public/private nexus
, 2

Punctuation marks
, 150–151, 175–176

R v Dhaliwal
, 161

Re W (2010) UKSC 12
, 49

Reasonableness
, 52, 155

Reclaim the Night march
, 18, 117

Refuge provision
, 54

Risk assessments
, 28–30, 80–83

Risk indicator checklist (RIC)
, 27, 41n16

Risk model
, 22–35

Rough sex defence
, 53

SafeLives
, 26–28, 54, 80, 82

Safety planning
, 17, 26, 80, 87, 141, 150

Sarah’s Law
, 31–32

Scottish civil law
, 46

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
, 9

Scottish criminal law
, 46

Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA)
, 2, 9

Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear
, 17

Second-wave feminism
, 161

Sentencing
, 133–134

Serious Crime Act 2015
, 51

Service rights
, 20

Social work reports
, 124

Spare Rib (Women’s Liberation Movement’s magazine)
, 161

Special measures
, 49, 163, 167, 175, (see also Protective measures)

Specialist courts
, 23–25

Tertiary victimization
, 152, 175

Thatcher government
, 19

Training
, 27–28, 157–162

Traumatic wait
, 175–176

Trial
, 51, 60, 73–74, 91, 101, 104, 106–107

UK government policies
, 157

UK-wide policies
, 35

UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and girls (CEDAW)
, 13n4

UN Declaration on Violence Against Women
, 20

Victim Charter for England and Wales
, 20

Victim impact statements (VISs)
, 137–140

Victim personal statements (VPSs)
, 137–140

Victim Support
, 2, 18, 20

Victims
, 2, 6, 148

advocacy support and risk assessments
, 80–83

advocates
, 25–27

agency
, 91–95

empowerment model
, 7

experience before court
, 73

ideal
, 107

implications of waiting
, 89–90

interest
, 132

named laws
, 32

police assessing risk
, 84–87

reporting to police
, 75–80

rights
, 19–22

survivors
, 6

waiting for court
, 87–89

Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act
, 47, 58, 59

Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG Strategy)
, 6, 36–37

Vulnerable persons database (VPD)
, 33

Waiting
, 152–154

for court
, 87–89

at court
, 101–104

implications of
, 89–90

Witness Service
, 2

‘Women-Helping-Women-Helping-Women’
, 10

Women’s Aid Federation for England (WAFE)
, 17

Youth Justice Criminal Evidence Act 1999
, 51

Zero sum game
, 173–174