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Comparing criminal justice responses to violence against women in Canada and China [electronic resource] /

by Tam, Dora M.Y; Dawson, Myrna; Jackson, Margaret; Kwok, Siu-Ming; Thurston, Wilfreda E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 106-120.Subject(s): violence against women, justice responses, Canada and ChinaOnline resources: Click here to access full-text article In: Asia Pacific journal of social work and development 2013, Vol. 23, No.2Summary: Canada and China are two very different countries in terms of their socio-economic and political contexts; however, neither country is immune to the social problem of violence against women. This paper compares the criminal justice responses to violence against women in Canada and China in order to explore the pathway of responses to violence against women in different cultural contexts, and discusses the implications for addressing violence against women on an international horizon.
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Canada and China are two very different countries in terms of their socio-economic and political contexts; however, neither country is immune to the social problem of violence against women. This paper compares the criminal justice responses to violence against women in Canada and China in order to explore the pathway of responses to violence against women in different cultural contexts, and discusses the implications for addressing violence against women on an international horizon.

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