A Feminist Law Meets an Androcentric Criminal Justice System : Gender-Based Violence in Spain
Albertín Carbó, Pilar (Universitat de Girona)
Cubells Serra, Jenny (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Peñaranda-Cólera, Maria del Carmen (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Martínez, Luz María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	This article discusses how practices in the Spanish criminal justice system relate to Organic Law 1/2004 on measures against gender-based violence. We examine the predominant construction of the problem and the secondary victimization of women. Data were collected from two sources: participant observation at police victim support units and courts dealing with violence against women, and in-depth interviews with abused women and legal and psychosocial professionals. Our analysis has uncovered a lack of institutional resources for detecting psychological violence and negative stereotyping of female victims. We conclude that a gender perspective should be incorporated into criminal justice system practices.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación FEM2011-29149
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Gender-based violence ; Criminal justice system ; Feminist perspective ; Secondary victimization ; Spain
Published in:	Feminist Criminology, Vol. 15 Núm. 1 (January 2020) , p. 70-96, ISSN 1557-086X

DOI: 10.1177/1557085118789774

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