Policing marital violence in Singapore / by Narayanan Ganapathy.

\'Why have years of police reform in Singapore not produced significant changes in improving the policing of marital violence\' is the fundamental question raised by this volume. Carefully exploring the police response to marital violence in Singapore, while paying due attention to the par...

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Superior document:Social sciences in Asia, v. 22
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Social sciences in Asia ; v. 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The problem of policing marital violence
  • Policing marital violence : an historical and analytical review
  • Reconceptualising the problem of policing marital violence : police culture revisited
  • Biography and method
  • Reforming the policing of marital violence : missing the mark?
  • The operational policing of marital violence : a view from the street
  • Between the devil and the deep-blue sea : victims' experiences of policing in marital violence
  • Conclusion: Rethinking the problem of policing marital violence.