DV Flashcards
How was DV viewed?
A taboo subject
When was DV violence considered before the law passed?
If a murder or serious insult was involved
What did women try to do in the 19th century? Did they succeed?
Campaigned for equal rights and no success
What was the view on the law toward DV?
People believed the law should only apply to public and not private life
What was the rule called? Who made it?
Rule of thumb which was created by a judge Sir Francis Butler. This implied that it was acceptable to beat you wife with a stick if the stick was not thicker than a thumb
When was the rule of thumb made?
1782
How did DV become a crime?
- Campaign groups
- women got the vote in 1918
- Channel 4 soap ‘brookside’
- media intervention
- Idea that government should intervene in family life
List some campaign groups
- Marches/rallies
- Women’s aid groups
- National Women’s Aid Fed.
Name a march/rally
Ban the bra
Name a womens aid group
Chiswick refuge set up in 1971 by Erin Pizzey to which 40 more followed
What did the National Aid federation do?
- Determined to increase public awareness
- Held marches and rallies
- Brought together all refuge and helped improve support for women and children
When was the National Womens Aid Federation established?
1974
What did the National womens aid federation do in 1978?
At the national conference the demanded freedom from intimidation or sexual coercion and an end toaws that perpetrated male dominance
What did Brookside do? When?
In 1990s it featured an episode which addressed the issue of DV. It was a popular tv show so people would witness the severity of DV.
Who raised the issue of DV?
Jack Ashley MP
When did Jack Ashley MP raised the issue of DV?
1971
What did parliament do in response to Jack Ashley brining up DV?
Set up the Select Comitee on Violence in Marriage to consider passing law
When was the DV act passed?
1976
What did the 1976 DV act entail?
Non molestation orders and exclusion orders where violent a used could not return home
When was rape I marriage considered a criminal offence?
1991
When was the Family Law act passed?
1996
What did the family law act do?
Provide extra protection to victims and automatic arrest if violence against spouse took place
When was the DV, Crime and Victims act pass?
2004
What did the DV, Crime and Victims act entail?
All victims male and female could be given the same protection
Increased power of police and courts to act against a users
If broken the non molestation order they would get 5 years in prison
Who thought existing laws wouldn’t help deal with DV?
Police superintendents association and chief police officers association
Who argued that violence in homes were not as serious as other crimes eg theft?
Judicial representatives and police
What did the met police think laws against domestic violence would do?
Put strain on police manpower to deal with cases
