Silencing Women's Voices: Nuisance Property Laws and Battered Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (04) ◽  
pp. 908-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen Arnold ◽  
Megan Slusser
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Law ◽  
Enforcement Policies

There is little documentation about how nuisance property laws, which fine people for excessive 911 calls, affect victims of domestic violence. In St. Louis, we found that police and prosecutors believe that the law benefits victims of domestic violence by providing them with additional services. By contrast, advocates for domestic violence victims believe that the law undermines battered women's access to housing and discourages them from calling 911. Using qualitative data, we analyze how the organizational structures and dynamics within which each group works give rise to different stocks of working knowledge. We conclude that law enforcement officials are unaware of these harms because women's voices and experiences are marginalized during the enforcement process. This research reveals mechanisms through which law enforcement policies reinforce gender inequality, and illustrates some ways in which gender relations and power come into play in what, on their surface, appear to be gender‐neutral laws.

scholarly journals Visum et Repertum as Evidence for Criminal Acts in Domestic Violence

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Jatmiko Raharjo ◽  
Syamsuddin Muchtar ◽  
Audyna Mayasari Muin
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
Valid Evidence ◽  
The Law

The aim of the study is to determine the application of Visum et Repertum as evidence for criminal acts in domestic violence. This study was empirical legal research. The location of this study was conducted in Kejaksaan Negeri Klaten. The result of the research showed that as proof of domestic violence with evidence Visum et Repertum was one of the law enforcements oriented to realize for legal certainty and protection of victims in proving the occurrence of criminal acts in domestic violence. The lack of evidence bothers the process of law enforcement, regarding requirements to determine the victim provided at least two evidence and for the judges to decide on criminal cases with valid evidence at least can be avoided by using Visum et Repertum. The obstacles to prove the evidence for criminal acts in domestic violence with Visum et Repertum includes the differences of understanding among law enforcement officials about the use of Visum et Repertum for criminal acts in domestic violence.

scholarly journals Kedudukan Perempuan dalam Hukum Waris Adat Batak Toba

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elpina
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Political Economic

Customary law is the law of life (living low) that grow and develop in the midst of the community in accordancewith the development of society. Customary law who live in midst of ethnic Indonesia is very strategic to be knownand understood by law enforcement officials, legal observers and guidance in applying the appropriate legal andfair for Indonesian society. The common law does not give the right role and the same degree between men andwomen in life, social, culture, political, economic and domestic life and marriage property and inheritance.Landing directly above the law would cause problems among indigenous peoples, especially the indigenous peopleembrace patrilinieal or matrilineal kinship system, such as that experienced by the Batak people who mbracepatrilineal kindship systems knows in Toba Batak society is patrilineal system, which through the male lineage andis the next generation of his parents while girls not the generation of their parents, as a result of this system is veryinfluential on the position of girls in matters of inheritance.

Lemas: A Comparative Organizational Research Platform

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Langworthy
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Research Platform ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Enforcement Management

The Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey is a comparative organizational research platform from which studies of police organizational structures can be launched. This article briefly describes the survey and its origin, discusses its capacity to provide measures of organizational dimensions, and considers how the survey results can best be used to increase our understanding of police organizations.

scholarly journals Exixtence of Indonesian Advocate Profession

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.21) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
M Zamroni ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

Hope to have legislation that specifically set while an umbrella in running materialize advocate profession, lawyers are more confident in addition to other law enforcement officials, such as judges, prosecutors and police, as well as respected as an equal partner in the law enforcement process. But the big question is how the existence of the profession of advocate Indonesia before and after the enlawment of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning the Advocate, as well as any constraints that occur in their implementation. The rule of law relating to the profession of advocate before the enLawment of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning The Advocate, scattered in various laws, such as Act Number 1 of 1946 on the Law of Criminal Code, Act Number 1 of 1950 on the Supreme Court, Emergency Act Number 1 of 1951 governing temporary measures to organize the unity of the pecking order and civil court events, and Herziene Indlandsch Regalement (HIR). Before the release of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning Advocates, advocate the use of the term in prLawice there has been no standard for the profession. In various provisions of the legislation of any inconsistency pr. For example Act Number 14 of 1970, as has been replaced by Act Number 35 of 1999, and was replaced again by Act Number 4 of 2004 as well as the latter is replaced by Act Number 48 of 2009, regarding the power of Justice, to use the term legal aid and lawyers. Birth of the Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2003 concerning The Advocate is the expectation of a long delayed during the 58 years since the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the laws governing the profession of advocate a free, independent and responsible for the implementation of a judicial honest, fair, and legal certainty for all seekers of justice in upholding the law, truth, justice, and human rights.  

Domestic Violence and the Law: The 1976 Act and its Aftermath

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Maidment
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Family System ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Homeless Persons ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
Legal Remedies ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legislative Reforms

This paper examines the parliamentary response to domestic violence as represented in three pieces of legislation: the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 and the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977. There is also briefer consideration of the role of criminal law, divorce and the possibility of using wardship procedures and actions in tort. The author maintains that the most important need of battered women is the provision of alternative permanent accommodation, and that this must be the criterion by which the efficacy of the present law is judged. With this in mind, the provisions of the three major Acts are described and evaluated, with most attention going to the 1976 Act. Maidment's general conclusion is that the promises held out by the legislative reforms ‘do not appear to have been fulfilled in practice’. The legal remedies are available, but the ways in which they are interpreted and implemented mean that battered women are inadequately protected. Violence against women has to be seen in the context of a patriarchal family system and the subordinate status of women. The law, on its own, cannot change deep-seated public attitudes, although it may have an important symbolic and educative role to play in contributing to such a change.

scholarly journals Decision Making in the Process against Children Diversion Dealing with the Law Has not Aged 12 Years

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Pande Ketut Arya Yarsita ◽  
Rodliyah ◽  
RR. Cahyowati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
District Court ◽  
Research Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Law

This study aims to examine and analyze the concept of decision making in the diversion process for children facing the law who are not yet 12 years old; and law enforcement decision making in the diversion process for children who are faced with a law that is not yet 12 years old (Study of the Chairperson of the Mataram District Court Number: 22/Pen.Div/2017/PN Mtr). The concept of decision making in the diversion process for children facing the law that is not yet 12 years old is the judge in imposing sanctions for children considering recommendations in the social research report made by community counselors to express and find data and information objectively about the development and background of life children from various sociological, psychological and other aspects while still paying attention to the best interests of the child. Law enforcement of decision making in the diversion process against children who are faced with a law that is not yet 12 years old emphasizes restorative justice which is the goal in the implementation of the diversion of cases of children facing the law. Law enforcement officials both Investigators, Community Guidance and Professional Social Workers conduct deliberations to reach a decision based on restorative justice that prioritizes the best interests of children.

scholarly journals PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI DENGAN KERUGIAN NEGARA YANG KECIL DALAM MEWUJUDKAN KEADILAN

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Muchlis
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Small Loss ◽  
Circular Letter ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Law ◽  
Court Proceedings

The Circulars letter of deputy attorney of general for special crimes number: B-113/F/ Fd.1/05/2010 can be used as a reference by prosecutors in doing law enforcement against corruption with small losses, but in practice law enforcement, this circular letter is making trouble in practice. The results of this research, namely: the law enforcement against corruption with a small loss of state must pay attention to the values of justice, expediency, and legal certainty. In enforcing the law against corruption with small losses only can be stopped during an investigation by utilizing the exchequer and redress demanded. the reason corruption cases with small losses were still continued by the prosecutor to the court proceedings after enactment of circulator letter because circulator letter contrary to corruption constitution and it has no the strength or binding in legal basis. The Suggestions are addressed for law enforcement officials (police, prosecutor, and judge) in order to do the law enforcement against corruption with small losses in order consider the value of a legal basis, namely: fairness, expediency and certainty. The circular letter of deputy attorney general for special crimes number: B-1113/F/Fd.1/05/2010 in order to be taken as government consideration in formulating the new rules (Ius constituendum). Key words: Corruption, Law Enforcement, Justice

scholarly journals Navigating the Family Law Provisions: Migrant Women’s Voices

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-145
Author(s):  
Ana Borges Jelinic
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law ◽  
Permanent Residency ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Legal Immigration

This article considers the voices of migrant women engaging with Home Affairs to guarantee permanent residency (PR) in Australia after experiencing domestic violence. Data collected from longitudinal interviews with 20 participants were considered, with two participants’ stories analysed in detail. The research indicates how the legal immigration system is set up in a way that does not listen to women and disadvantages them. Particular issues pointed out include extended timelines, lack of concern for cultural differences and inconsistencies in the process, and how they affect women undermining the goal of the law, which is to protect migrants from sponsors’ violence.

scholarly journals Frontline Response to High Impact Domestic Violence in Portugal

2021 ◽  
pp. 215-238
Author(s):  
Paulo Machado ◽  
Lúcia G. Pais ◽  
Sérgio Felgueiras ◽  
Carina Quaresma
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
National Network ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

There have been profound social transformations in Portugal in the last 50 years. Portugal currently adheres to the international and European agenda to prevent domestic violence. In the chapter the Portuguese legislation and the reporting figures regarding domestic violence, the role of the Law Enforcement Agencies, other first responder agencies, and pertinent stakeholders in responding to high impact domestic violence, as well as the National Network for the Support of Victims of Domestic Violence, are addressed. The authors also discuss good practices and significant challenges. Two of these are intertwined – none of them is quickly addressed, nor can they be addressed by themselves. One is developing a collective attitude that considers domestic violence as unacceptable behaviour, besides being punished by the criminal law. The other is directly posed to the law enforcement agencies and has to do with the increasing complexity of the operational procedures (derived from the new tools presented by the government recently). The problem of elites provoking social change on a superlative level is to forget that adopting new social models is not achieved by decree but through social influence processes, which takes time.

Forensic Source Conclusions

2020 ◽  
Vol 228 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Jonathan J. Koehler
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Forensic Science ◽  
Cognitive Limitations ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The Law ◽  
Science Evidence

Abstract. Forensic science evidence may be the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of law enforcement officials and prosecutors. As such, it is important to be aware of factors that threaten the validity of forensic source conclusions (e.g., “This bullet was fired from that gun”). This paper identifies 20 threats to the validity of forensic source conclusions including threats that spring from (a) the evidentiary samples themselves, (b) forensic examiners and the procedures they use, (c) features of the law, and (d) cognitive limitations of jurors and others who must weigh forensic science source claims.

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