dc.contributor.author |
Manning, Fenyi |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-23T22:24:56Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-07-11T21:29:13Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-05-23T22:24:56Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-07-11T21:29:13Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
2016 |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/20218 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In March 2016 the Law Commission (the Commission) released its report Strangulation: The Case for a New Offence. It made several recommendations including that a specific offence of non-fatal strangulation should be enacted. This paper discusses how well the recommendations will work in practice. This paper argues that, although the Commission’s recommendations will go a long way towards meeting its three main objectives – raising awareness of the dangerousness of strangulation, addressing the current lack of accountability of perpetrators of strangulation and keeping the victims of strangulation safe – there are important considerations yet to be addressed. They include issues relating to: charging inconsistency where there is choice to be made between pursuing a specific strangulation charge or a current generic offence charge; noting family violence on offenders' records where strangulation is involved in a family violence context but the offender is charged with a generic offence instead of the strangulation offence; the weight of strangulation as an aggravating factor to be considered in sentencing; and, the extent of operational changes. The paper concludes that a non-fatal strangulation offence should be implemented, but that important related issues must be addressed if the reform objectives are to be met. |
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dc.format |
pdf |
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dc.language |
en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.subject |
Non-fatal strangulation |
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dc.subject |
Strangulation |
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dc.subject |
Family violence |
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dc.subject |
Intimate partner violence |
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dc.title |
Non-fatal strangulation: An analysis of the implications of a new offence |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Victoria Law School |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Faculty of Law / Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180110 Criminal Law and Procedure |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180113 Family Law |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180120 Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems) |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180122 Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Legal Interpretation |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo |
970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Research Paper or Project |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Law |
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thesis.degree.name |
LL.B. (Honours) |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2 |
489999 Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
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vuwschema.contributor.school |
School of Law |
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