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Failing to Protect: Victims' Rights and Police Liability
Author(s) -
Burton Mandy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the modern law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-2230
pISSN - 0026-7961
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2009.00744.x
Subject(s) - homicide , liability , criminology , political science , law , domestic violence , criminal liability , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , criminal law , medicine , medical emergency
In the light of the House of Lords decisions in Van Colle and Smith this commentary considers whether victims can truly be said to have ‘rights’ without effective remedies for police inaction. It also considers the implications for ineffective police responses to domestic violence, especially cases culminating in domestic homicide.