TY - JOUR
T1 - A Feminist Law Meets an Androcentric Criminal Justice System :
T2 - Gender-Based Violence in Spain
AU - Albertín Carbó, Pilar
AU - Cubells Serra, Jenny
AU - Peñaranda-Cólera, Maria del Carmen
AU - Martínez, Luz María
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Gender-based violence
KW - Criminal justice system
KW - Feminist perspective
KW - Secondary victimization
KW - Spain
U2 - 10.1177/1557085118789774
DO - 10.1177/1557085118789774
M3 - Article
SN - 1557-0851
VL - 15
SP - 70
EP - 96
JO - Feminist Criminology
JF - Feminist Criminology
IS - 1
ER -