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Under the radar: the widespread use of 'Out of Court resolutions' in policing domestic violence and abuse in the United Kingdom

McGlynn, Clare; Westmarland, Nicole; Johnson, Kelly

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Abstract

The suitability of ‘out of court resolutions’ (restorative justice and community resolutions) in cases of domestic abuse is theoretically contentious and empirically under-researched. This study investigated the nature and extent of out of court resolutions for domestic abuse using the Freedom of Information Act. Out of court resolutions were used by every UK police force except Scotland to respond to over 5,000 domestic abuse incidents (including intimate partner abuse) in 2014. Some of these incidents related to offences with sentencing tariffs up to life imprisonment. Such widespread use has been taking place ‘under the radar’ in stark contrast to police guidance, has immediate implications for policy and practice, and fundamentally shifts the research terrain in this field.

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McGlynn, C., Westmarland, N., & Johnson, K. (2018). Under the radar: the widespread use of 'Out of Court resolutions' in policing domestic violence and abuse in the United Kingdom. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 58(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx004

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 20, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 28, 2017
Publication Date Jan 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 11, 2017
Journal British Journal of Criminology
Print ISSN 0007-0955
Electronic ISSN 1464-3529
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 58
Issue 1
Pages 1-16
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx004

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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD).
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