Gillis Joseph Roy, Diamond Shaindl Lin, Jebely Paul, Orekhovsky Victoria, Ostovich Ellis M, MacIsaac Kristin, Sagrati Sandra, Mandell Deborah
University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
Violence Against Women. 2006 Dec;12(12):1150-68. doi: 10.1177/1077801206293500.
The Canadian government has introduced numerous policies, guidelines, and mandates at the federal and provincial levels that recognize woman abuse as a serious social problem and violation of the law. Nonetheless, recent feminist research continues to expose laws and practices that fail woman abuse victims. The present study examined the experiences of women victims in domestic violence cases and the barriers they faced in dealing with the police, the courts, and social service agencies. Despite government initiatives, the study results corroborate previous findings indicating that many battered women feel further traumatized by ambivalent or discriminatory attitudes and practices prevalent within the system.
加拿大政府在联邦和省级层面出台了众多政策、指导方针和指令，将虐待妇女视为严重的社会问题和违法行为。尽管如此，近期的女权主义研究仍不断揭示出那些对虐待妇女受害者不利的法律和做法。本研究调查了家庭暴力案件中女性受害者的经历以及她们在与警方、法院和社会服务机构打交道时所面临的障碍。尽管政府采取了举措，但研究结果证实了先前的发现，即许多受虐妇女会因该系统中普遍存在的矛盾或歧视性态度及做法而受到更深的创伤。
