2006
DOI: 10.1080/10282580600785017
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Understanding Victim Retraction in Cases of Domestic Violence: Specialist Courts, Government Policy, and Victim‐Centred Justice

Abstract: Victim retraction is almost universally viewed by criminal justice officials as a problematic outcome in cases of domestic violence, consequently policy initiatives have been designed to increase support to victims in the hope that more will decide to continue with their cases instead of retracting their statements. However our understanding of the various causes and full consequences of retraction remains limited. Using data from five Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVCs) in England and Wales, we analys… Show more

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“…Our understanding of this process of victim retraction is currently very limited with only one known published study explicitly examining victim retraction in the police investigation stage (i.e., Robinson & Cook, 2006). Robinson and Cook (2006) analysed data gathered in 2003, which examined victim and offence-related characteristics that may predict retraction.…”
Section: Victim Retraction Of Allegations Of Ipvmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Our understanding of this process of victim retraction is currently very limited with only one known published study explicitly examining victim retraction in the police investigation stage (i.e., Robinson & Cook, 2006). Robinson and Cook (2006) analysed data gathered in 2003, which examined victim and offence-related characteristics that may predict retraction.…”
Section: Victim Retraction Of Allegations Of Ipvmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Robinson and Cook (2006) analysed data gathered in 2003, which examined victim and offence-related characteristics that may predict retraction. Fifty per cent of this sample retracted their allegation with 71.3% of these retracting during the police investigation.…”
Section: Victim Retraction Of Allegations Of Ipvmentioning
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“…Así por ejemplo, los resultados de un estudio reciente realizado por Robinson y Cook, sobre víctimas que acudieron a la justicia penal por delitos de VIF y que se retractaron, 115 por una parte dan cuenta de que la razón más común de retractación fue la reconciliación de la pareja (27 %), pero por otra se destaca que las víctimas que se retractan corresponden mayoritariamente aquellas que mantienen una relación con el imputado (71 %). En cambio, aquellas víctimas que rompieron la relación -es decir, que son exparejas o exesposas del imputado-se retractan en menos de la mitad de los casos (29 %).…”
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