When we each look at anything or anybody, say violence against women, our perceptions are the outcome of our own … the context of victimisation and violence. Multiple sources of disempowerment are evident in issues of violence. It is not … my intention here to provide an in-depth analysis of these victims, the types of violence that each group is especially …

Research suggests that despite substantial changes to domestic violence legislation since its conception in the 19th … century, women’s voices continue to be muted and domestic violence continues to be invisible, to some extent, in the eyes of … their experiences to highlight the dynamics through which domestic violence becomes and remains invisible. It particularly …

perception in the context of the criminal justice system. In particular, we consider the language of domestic violence and sexual … paper illustrates how the language used to describe violence against women may act to minimise these acts and the dominant … conversational style and female violence victims’ genderlect may collide to produce evidentiary issues and a credibility gap. We …

This chapter looks at how violence against women is about control. Easteal explains that this control is exerted in a …

directions to accommodate considerations of family violence, we then consider the implications of these reforms for battered … be convicted of murder, even when they kill in response to family violence and with a genuine belief that their actions …