How forms influence and bureaucratize the prosecution of domestic violence

What is it about?

This paper examines how forms bureaucratize the prosecution of domestic violence in specialized domestic violence courts. In so doing, they chart how these documents expand the roles of administrative workers in the court's legal network and transform responsibilities typically conducted by legal experts into routine, administrative activities. The analysis also draws attention to how they mollify conflicts between criminal justice and community based actors involved in the courts.

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Why is it important?

The discussion shows the significance of forms in re-negotiating state-civil society boundaries in criminal justice and community partnerships. These relations are of growing significance in contemporary initiatives to govern crime. The analysis highlights the need to examine the complexities and intricacies of these relations and illuminates the role of documents in producing the formations required to fuel the prosecution process.