1st Edition

Queer(y)ing Civil Law Responses to Domestic and Family Violence

By Ellen Reeves Copyright 2026
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Queer(y)ing Civil Law Responses to Domestic and Family Violence offers unique, in-depth insights into the experiences of LGBTQ+ victim-survivors who have engaged with civil protection order systems. Drawing on data from an Australian study following the experiences of LGBTQ+ victim-survivors of domestic and family violence who engaged with Victoria’s civil protection order system, this book... Read more

1 Introduction

 

2 Researching LGBTQ+ victim-survivors’ experiences with the civil protection order system

 

3 Seeking safety and justice: Queer pathways to the civil protection order system

 

4 Gatekeeping protection: Policing LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence

 

5 Binaried risk: Pathways from victim-survivor to perpetrator

 

6 Just agree to it: LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence in the courtroom

 

7 (Un)safety and wellbeing following engagement with the civil protection order system

 

8 (Re)centring abolition in queer criminology: Responding to LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence

 

9 Appendix

Biography

Ellen Reeves is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her research considers the unintended consequences of domestic and family violence law reform, with a particular focus on the ‘misidentification’ of victim-survivors as predominant aggressors.