Accountability in Teenage Dating Violence: A Comparative Examination of Adult Domestic Violence and Juvenile Justice Systems Policies

• Published in: Social work (New York) Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 359 - 368
• Main Author: Zosky, Diane L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.10.2010; NASW PRESS; National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• Subjects: accountability; Administration of criminal justice; Administration of juvenile justice; Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Adults; Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Courtship; Crime Victims; Criminal Justice; Criminal justice system; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminal Law - legislation & jurisprudence; Criminal prosecution; Criminals; Dating (Social); Dating violence; Delinquency; Delinquency Prevention; Delinquent Rehabilitation; Domestic violence; Domestic Violence - legislation & jurisprudence; Family Violence; Female; Gender violence; Humans; Ideologies; Ideology; Interpersonal Relations; Intimate partner violence; Juvenile Courts; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile Justice; Juvenile justice system; Juvenile justice, Administration of; Male; policy; Public Policy; Rehabilitation; Risk Factors; Sexual violence; Social dating; Social Justice; teenagers; Violence; Violence against women; Violent crimes; Young adults; Zero tolerance; Zero Tolerance Policy; United States; domestic violence; teenagers; accountability; juvenile justice; policy

Unlike in the adult criminal justice system, where domestic violence policies hold perpetrators accountable for their violence, the juvenile justice system rarely addresses teenage dating violence. Although the adult criminal justice system has pursued policies toward intimate partner violence groun...