Preston Magistrates’ Court, 65–66, 77

protection orders. See intervention orders

psychology, 20, 31

understandings of violence, 220–221, 271

Ptacek, James, 44, 84–85, 87

Refuge Ethnic Workers Program, 126

refuges. See women’s refuges

Re K (1994), 159

Rendell, Kathryn, 190

restraining orders. See intervention orders

Rhoades, Helen, 178, 185, 203, 205, 241n9

Rhode, Deborah L., 6

Römkens, Renée, 33, 138

Rose, Mary, 148

safety, 4, 9, 15, 20, 23–24, 31, 55, 57, 71, 78, 84, 95, 102n7, 121–123, 126, 129, 145, 147, 157, 168–172, 176–177, 184–185, 201–202, 206, 211–212, 215, 217, 220–221, 229–230, 237–238, 241n7, 245, 249, 251, 264–267, 269, 271–273

self-represented litigants

Family Court, 160, 164–166, 170, 174–175, 178, 188–192, 195, 217, 242n10, 266

Magistrates’ Court, 66–69, 87, 94–95, 105n28, 129–130, 143–144, 146–147, 249, 265

separation, 36, 120–122, 125, 155–156, 203, 238, 264, 273

separation (continued)

assault. See domestic violence

expectations of, 24, 36–37, 117–119, 128–129, 135, 139, 200

process of, 45n4, 119, 131, 134, 225

under one roof, 131, 135

Seuffert, Nan, 31, 71, 73–74

shared parenting, 36, 186, 203, 219, 221–222, 234, 238, 273

Smart, Carol, 39

social workers, 31, 72, 115, 222

understandings of violence, 29, 220, 271

Spohn, Cassia, 7

spousal abuse. See domestic violence

standard of proof, 1, 32, 52, 142, 227, 230–231

Stanko, Betsy, 6

Stewart, Julie, 149

structural factors, 8, 37–43, 111–112, 149–150, 187–188, 230, 259, 264–268, 270

Sunshine Magistrates’ Court, 65–68, 92, 106n32

support workers. See domestic violence support workers

T v. S (2001),, 205, 242n10

tort claims for domestic violence, 157–158, 178, 196n1, 209–211, 240n5

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 202–203

unrepresented litigants. See self-represented litigants