Dr Singh on gendered criminalisat...

Dr Singh on gendered criminalisation of domestically abused women

Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast by Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal

Episode notes

In this episode, new Podcast Co-Editor Chen discusses Section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 with Dr. Sarah Singh, researcher and lecturer at the University of Liverpool Law School. They will discuss problematic implications of this legislative provision and its application in the courts, in particular the criminalisation of domestically abused mothers who did not inflict harm but supposedly “failed to protect” or “failed to prevent harm” to their children.

Keywords
the law on domestic abusethe law on child protectionfeminist perspectivecriminal lawprosecutorial process and problems