Citation

Tam DMY, Tutty LM, Zhuang ZH, Paz E. J. Fam. Violence 2016; 31(4): 527-538.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-015-9794-7

PMID

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Abstract

Racialized minority women's experiences with Canadian specialized criminal justice responses to domestic violence have seldom been documented. Informed by an intersectionality framework, this qualitative study presents the struggles of 14 racial minority women from three Canadian cities and their experiences with the police and criminal court's response to their partner's acts of domestic violence. The results focus on how well specialized criminal justice responses address the needs of these women and protect them from further violence. Factors that facilitate or deter these women from approaching the criminal justice system for help are highlighted. The implications of these women's narratives for criminal justice responses to domestic violence are discussed.

Language: en