Since the 1970s, the police response to family violence has been a major area of controversy, for researchers and practitioners alike. With the adoption of pro-arrest family violence policies internationally from the 1980s onwards, a more pro-active police response was heralded. Theoretically, this pro-arrest approach signalled a significant shift in the way family violence would be policed. However, numerous studies have concluded that the introduction of these policies has not effectively changed police culture, and thus little has actually changed with respect to how family violence is...
Since the 1970s, the police response to family violence has been a major area of controversy, for researchers and practitioners alike. With the adopti...
