High hopes? The gender equality duty and its impact on responses to gender-based violence

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ID7350294
AuthorsMichele Burman (University of Glasgow), Jenny Johnstone (0000-0002-6755-1267, University of Newcastle, UK)
Year2015
Volume43
Issue1
Pages45-60
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557312x655846
OpenAlexW2021789481
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

From 2007 until 2011, the Gender Equality Duty (GED) required public bodies in Britain to take gender equality into consideration in all policies and services. This article traces its implementation in Scotland, following devolution. It focuses on the GED’s perceived potential as a policy tool for driving change in the way public bodies, particularly those responsible for the delivery of criminal justice, respond to gender-based violence. We highlight the distinctive approach taken to genderbased violence in Scotland, and argue that despite some evidence of mainstreaming, the real potential for change afforded by the GED was never fully realised

Criminal justice · Criminology · Devolution (biology · Domestic violence · Duty · Duty to protect · Economic Justice · Gender equality · Gender mainstreaming · Mainstreaming · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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