@article{ref1,
title="Dialogic Reverberations: Police, Domestic Abuse, and the Discontinuance of Cases",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2012",
author="Lea, Susan J. and Lynn, Nick",
volume="27",
number="15",
pages="3091-3114",
abstract="This study investigated the social construction of domestic abuse by police officers, specifically in the context of arguments presented to the prosecutor for a decision on whether to proceed with or discontinue the case. Nineteen police files were examined with a particular focus on the MG3, the &quot;Report to Crown Prosecutors for Charging Decision.&quot; Access to such sensitive material is usually denied to researchers; therefore, this study offers unusual insights into the treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence by the police. Discourse analysis revealed three dominant speech genres: impartiality, credibility, and the &quot;real&quot; victim. These genres separately and in interaction served to construct domestic abuse cases in ways that did not support the victim's account. The &quot;dialogic reverberations&quot; of these findings are discussed and the implications of the work for research and practice are considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260512441075",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512441075"
}