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Constructing fatality review: a policy analysis of the emergence of domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales
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posted on 2023-06-10, 02:05 authored by James RowlandsIn England and Wales, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) examine domestic abuse-related deaths to identify lessons to be learned. However, their emergence as a policy initiative has been little considered. To address this gap, a thematic discourse analysis of policy documents to 2011 was undertaken, examining the justification for, and conceptualization of, DHRs before their implementation. It is argued that DHRs were constructed as a taken-for-granted good, through which multi-agency partners would generate learning while the (gendered) subject was silenced. Attending to aspirations, contradictions, and tensions in the emergence of DHRs has implications for their understanding and operationalization in the present.
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Violence Against WomenISSN
1077-8012Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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1-24Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2022-01-04First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-01-04First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-12-23Usage metrics
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