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Prosecuting Domestic Violence: A Philosophical Analysis

Michelle Madden Dempsey

ISBN13: 9780199562169
Published: March 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £145.00



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This book provides the first serious, sustained philosophical invesitgation of the criminal prosecution of domestic violence. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding ongoing debates regarding the criminal justice system's repsonse to domestic violence.

  • Sets prosecutorial discrection into a theoretical framework, providing an original point of reference for philosophical investigation of prosecution.
  • Employs tools of analytic jurisprudence to domestic violence prosecutions, which clarifies terms of the 'victimless' prosecution debates
  • Adopts a feminist approach to evaluating state action that aids understanding of how state action can be feminist, and when it ought to be
  • Provides analysis of concepts of patriachy and feminism that clarifies what it means to be a feminist
  • Examines discretion exercised by executive branch state actors and moves away from the traditional focus of judicial discrection in analytic jurisprudence

Subjects:
Criminal Law, Family Law, Jurisprudence
Contents:
PART I SOME PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
1. Introduction
2. Wrong Turns on the Way to an Answer
PART II A FRESH START
3. Prosecutors: What They Are and What They Do
4. Prosecutorial Action and Value
5. Reasons for Prosecutors
PART III CONSIDERING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
6. What Counts as Domestic Violence?
7. Patriarchy
8. Domestic-violence Prosecution: Justification and Effectiveness
9. Victims and Prosecutions
10. Conclusion

Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice

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Marie Manikis
ISBN 9780198885313
Published February 2026
Oxford University Press
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Marie Manikis
ISBN 9780198885399
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Oxford University Press
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How Juries Work - And How They Could Work Better
Rebecca K. Helm
ISBN 9780192857293
Published July 2024
Oxford University Press
£95.00
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Civil Recovery of Criminal Property
Colin King, Jennifer Hendry
ISBN 9780198824251
Published August 2023
Oxford University Press
£100.00
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Colin King, Jennifer Hendry
ISBN 9780192557551
Published August 2023
Oxford University Press
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Ronnie Mackay, Warren Brookbanks
ISBN 9780192597199
Published December 2022
Oxford University Press
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The Insanity Defence: International and Comparative Perspectives
Ronnie Mackay, Warren Brookbanks
ISBN 9780198854944
Published December 2022
Oxford University Press
£132.50
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Ana Aliverti
ISBN 9780192639509
Published June 2021
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Policing the Borders Within
Ana Aliverti
ISBN 9780198868828
Published June 2021
Oxford University Press
£110.00
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Reasons to Doubt: Wrongful Convictions and the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Carolyn Hoyle, Mai Sato
ISBN 9780198794578
Published February 2019
Oxford University Press
£135.00
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Fitness to Plead: International and Comparative Perspectives
Ronnie Mackay
ISBN 9780198788478
Published June 2018
Oxford University Press
£100.00
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Criminal Misconduct in Office: Law and Politics
Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9780198823704
Published March 2018
Oxford University Press
£105.00
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The Preventive Turn in Criminal Law
Henrique Carvalho
ISBN 9780198737858
Published April 2017
Oxford University Press
£100.00
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Criminal Justice and Taxation
Peter Alldridge
ISBN 9780198755838
Published February 2017
Oxford University Press
£100.00
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In Search of Criminal Responsibility: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
Nicola Lacey
ISBN 9780199248209
Published March 2016
Oxford University Press
£145.00
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In Search of Criminal Responsibility: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions
Nicola Lacey
ISBN 9780199248216
Published March 2016
Oxford University Press
£54.00
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Preventive Justice
Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner
ISBN 9780198712534
Published September 2015
Oxford University Press
£53.00
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Mike Redmayne
ISBN 9780191057045
Published March 2015
Oxford University Press
£78.99

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Character in the Criminal Trial
Mike Redmayne
ISBN 9780199228898
Published March 2015
Oxford University Press
£122.50
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Preventive Justice
Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner
ISBN 9780198712527
Published April 2014
Oxford University Press
£117.50
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Preventive Justice (eBook)
Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner
ISBN 9780191021053
Published April 2014
Oxford University Press
£36.99

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Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform
Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9780199561919
Published July 2012
Oxford University Press
£155.00
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Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform (eBook)
Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9780191635953
Published July 2012
Oxford University Press
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The Insecurity State: Vulnerable Autonomy and the Right to Security in the Criminal Law (eBook)
Peter Ramsay
ISBN 9780191627569
Published April 2012
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The Insecurity State: Vulnerable Autonomy and the Right to Security in the Criminal Law
Peter Ramsay
ISBN 9780199581061
Published April 2012
Oxford University Press
£155.00
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Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law
Arlie Loughnan
ISBN 9780199698592
Published April 2012
Oxford University Press
£155.00
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Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law (eBook)
Arlie Loughnan
ISBN 9780191627552
Published April 2012
Oxford University Press
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Punishment and Freedom: A Liberal Theory of Penal Justice
Alan Brudner
ISBN 9780199652334
Published March 2012
Oxford University Press
£59.00
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The Ethics of Plea Bargaining
Richard Lippke
ISBN 9780199641468
Published October 2011
Oxford University Press
£145.00
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Punishment and Freedom: A Liberal Theory of Penal Justice
Alan Brudner
ISBN 9780199207251
Published July 2009
Oxford University Press
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Punishment and Freedom: A Liberal Theory of Penal Justice (eBook)
Alan Brudner
ISBN 9780191633287
Published July 2009
Oxford University Press
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Abuse of Process and Judicial Stays of Criminal Proceedings 2nd ed
Andrew LT Choo
ISBN 9780199280834
Published September 2008
Oxford University Press
£145.00
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A Philosophy of Evidence Law: Justice in the Search for Truth
Hock Lai Ho
ISBN 9780199228300
Published March 2008
Oxford University Press
£125.00
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The Criminal Justice System and Health Care
Edited by: Charles A. Erin, Suzanne Ost
ISBN 9780199228294
Published December 2007
Oxford University Press
£105.00
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Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White-Collar Crime
Stuart P. Green
ISBN 9780199225804
Published March 2007
Oxford University Press
£44.99
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Criminal Responsibility
Victor Tadros
ISBN 9780199225828
Published March 2007
Oxford University Press
£65.00
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Excusing Crime
Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9780199225781
Published March 2007
Oxford University Press
£65.00
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Rethinking Imprisonment
Richard Lippke
ISBN 9780199209125
Published January 2007
Oxford University Press
£105.00
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Killing in Self-Defence
Fiona Leverick
ISBN 9780199283460
Published December 2006
Oxford University Press
£120.00
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Delayed Prosecution for Childhood Sexual Abuse
Penny Lewis
ISBN 9780199282289
Published April 2006
Oxford University Press
£88.00
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Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White Collar Crime
Stuart Green
ISBN 9780199268580
Published January 2006
Oxford University Press
£59.00
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Defining Crimes: Essays on the Special Part of the Criminal Law
R.A. Duff, Stuart P. Green
ISBN 9780199269228
Published August 2005
Oxford University Press
£100.00
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Criminal Responsibilty
Victor Tadros
ISBN 9780199261598
Published June 2005
Oxford University Press
£157.50
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Proportionate Sentencing: Exploring the Principles
Andrew Von Hirsch, Andrew Ashworth
ISBN 9780199272600
Published May 2005
Oxford University Press
£142.50
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Appraising Strict Liability
Edited by: Andrew Simester
ISBN 9780199278510
Published March 2005
Oxford University Press
£132.50
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Excusing Crime
Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9780198264828
Published July 2004
Oxford University Press
£125.00
Cover of Criminal Law Theory: Doctrines of the General Part
Criminal Law Theory: Doctrines of the General Part
Edited by: Stephen Shute
ISBN 9780199243495
Published June 2004
Oxford University Press
£137.50
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Contrasting Prisoners' Rights
Liora Lazarus
ISBN 9780199259830
Published March 2004
Oxford University Press
£152.50
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Jurisdiction and the Ambit of the Criminal Law
Michael HirstProfessor of Criminal Justice, De Montfort University, Leicester
ISBN 9780199245390
Published July 2003
Oxford University Press
£152.50
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Corporations and Criminal Responsibility 2nd ed
Celia WellsProfessor of Law, University of Cardiff, Wales
ISBN 9780198267935
Published December 2002
Oxford University Press
£72.00
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The Adversarial Process and the Vulnerable Witness
Louise Ellison
ISBN 9780198299097
Published October 2002
Oxford University Press
£135.00
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Rethinking English Homicide Law
Edited by: Andrew Ashworth, Barry Mitchell
ISBN 9780198299042
Published June 2002
Oxford University Press
£135.00
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Rape and the Legal Process 2nd ed
Jennifer Temkin
ISBN 9780198763550
Published May 2002
Oxford University Press
£66.00
Cover of Rape and the Legal Process
Rape and the Legal Process 2nd ed
Jennifer TemkinUniversity of Sussex
ISBN 9780198763543
Published May 2002
Oxford University Press
Out of print
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Understanding Miscarriages of Justice
Richard Nobles, David Schiff
ISBN 9780198298939
Published November 2001
Oxford University Press
£145.00
Cover of Expert Evidence and Criminal Justice
Expert Evidence and Criminal Justice
Mike Redmayne
ISBN 9780198267805
Published August 2001
Oxford University Press
£137.50
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Corporations and Criminal Responsibility 2nd ed (eBook)
Celia Wells
ISBN 9780191018770
Published May 2001
Oxford University Press
£41.99

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Corporations and Criminal Responsibility 2nd ed
Celia Wells
ISBN 9780199246199
Published May 2001
Oxford University Press
£59.00
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Rethinking English Homicide Law
Andrew Ashworth, Barry Mitchell
ISBN 9780198299158
Published November 2000
Oxford University Press
£67.00
Cover of Punishment, Responsibility and Justice: A Relational Critique
Punishment, Responsibility and Justice: A Relational Critique
Alan NorrieEdmund Davies Professor of Criminal Law and Justice, King's College, London
ISBN 9780198259565
Published October 2000
Oxford University Press
£162.50
Cover of Silence, Confessions and Improperly Obtained Evidence
Silence, Confessions and Improperly Obtained Evidence
Peter Mirfield
ISBN 9780198262695
Published February 2000
Oxford University Press
£175.00
Cover of Fundamentals of Sentencing Theory: Essays in Honour of Andrew von Hirsch
Fundamentals of Sentencing Theory: Essays in Honour of Andrew von Hirsch
Edited by: Andrew Ashworth, Martin Wasik
ISBN 9780198262565
Published December 1998
Oxford University Press
£170.00
Cover of Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists: Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence 1800-1957
Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists: Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence 1800-1957
K.J.M. Smith
ISBN 9780198257233
Published August 1998
Oxford University Press
£142.50
Cover of Structure and Function in Criminal Law
Structure and Function in Criminal Law
Paul Robinson
ISBN 9780198258865
Published June 1998
Oxford University Press
£137.50
Cover of Harm and Culpability
Harm and Culpability
A.P. Simester, A.T.H. Smith
ISBN 9780198260578
Published October 1997
Oxford University Press
£170.00
Cover of Judge Without Jury: Diplock Trials in the Adversary System
Judge Without Jury: Diplock Trials in the Adversary System
John Jackson
ISBN 9780198258896
Published July 1997
Oxford University Press
£107.50
Cover of Criminal Attempts
Criminal Attempts
Antony DuffProfessor, Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling, Scotland
ISBN 9780198262688
Published April 1997
Oxford University Press
£140.00
Cover of Public Prosecutors and Discretion: A Comparative Study
Public Prosecutors and Discretion: A Comparative Study
Julia Fionda
ISBN 9780198259152
Published August 1996
Oxford University Press
£160.00
Cover of Censure and Sanctions
Censure and Sanctions New ed
Andrew Von Hirsch
ISBN 9780198262411
Published August 1996
Oxford University Press
£57.00
Cover of Hearsay and Confrontation in Criminal Trials
Hearsay and Confrontation in Criminal Trials
Andrew Li-Teik Choo
ISBN 9780198258919
Published March 1996
Oxford University Press
£167.50
Cover of Mental Condition Defences in the Criminal Law
Mental Condition Defences in the Criminal Law
R.D. Mackay
ISBN 9780198259954
Published September 1995
Oxford University Press
£167.50
Cover of Standing Accused: The Organization and Practices of Criminal Defence Lawyers in Britain
Standing Accused: The Organization and Practices of Criminal Defence Lawyers in Britain
Mike McConvilleProfessor of Law, University of Warwick, Jacqueline Hodgson, Lee Bridges, Anita Pavlovic
ISBN 9780198258681
Published May 1995
Oxford University Press
£155.00
Cover of Provocation and Responsibility
Provocation and Responsibility
Jeremy HorderFellow and Tutor in Law, Worcester College, University of Oxford
ISBN 9780198256960
Published October 1992
Oxford University Press
£162.50
Crime and the Computer
Martin Wasik
ISBN 9780198256212
Published March 1991
Out of print
Crime and the Computer 2nd ed
Martin Wasik
ISBN 9780198260493

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