TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The perceptions of judicial and psychosocial interveners of the consequences of dropped charges in domestic violence cases
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Gauthier, Sonia
SP  - 1375
EP  - 1395
VL  - 16
IS  - 12
N2  - Many domestic violence cases do not go to trial because the victim refuses to testify. This article presents a qualitative study exploring the dismissal of criminal charges in domestic violence cases. The 22 judicial and psychosocial professionals interviewed in Montreal, Canada, discussed various consequences of the legal decision to dismiss the charges on victims, perpetrators, justice system professionals, and society as a whole. Respondents clearly did not view the withdrawal of charges as a failure of the criminalization of domestic violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801210389163
ID  - ref1
ER  -