Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.
Violence Against Women. 2021 Sep;27(11):1823-1839. doi: 10.1177/1077801220927079. Epub 2020 Jun 22.
Proposed new legislation in England and Wales on domestic violence and abuse-the "Domestic Abuse Bill"-is underpinned by changes to criminal law, specifically the introduction of coercive and controlling behavior as set out in the Serious Crime Act 2015. The new Bill commits the British government to four main objectives with, it is claimed, prevention and protection at their heart. What is notable, however, is the rubric shift from "violence" to "abuse" in the proposed new legislation and its subscription to a gender symmetry paradigm that suggests a "watering down" of the government's response to gendered violence.
英格兰和威尔士提出的关于家庭暴力和虐待的新立法——“家庭暴力法案”——以刑法的改革为基础，特别是引入了 2015 年《严重犯罪法》中规定的强制性和控制性行为。新法案承诺英国政府有四个主要目标，据称，其核心是预防和保护。然而，值得注意的是，拟议中的新立法从“暴力”到“虐待”的措辞转变，以及对性别对称范式的认可，这表明政府对性别暴力的反应有所减弱。
