Rowlands, J. 2022. Constructing fatality review: a policy analysis of the emergence of domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales. Violence Against Women: an international and interdisciplinary journal. 28 (15-16), pp. 3657-3680. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211068064
| Title | Constructing fatality review: a policy analysis of the emergence of domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Rowlands, J. |
| Abstract | In 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. |
| Journal | Violence Against Women: an international and interdisciplinary journal |
| Journal citation | 28 (15-16), pp. 3657-3680 |
| ISSN | 1077-8012 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Sage |
| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211068064 |
| PubMed ID | 34939469 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 23 Dec 2021 |
| Published in print | 2022 |