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Author:   Rahime Erbaş
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Volume:   128
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9783032012012

ISBN 10:   3032012015
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   23 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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​Introduction: A Comparative Approach to Domestic Violence.- Part I: Jurisdictional Contributions: Main Obstacles to an Effective Criminal Prosecution.- Prosecuting Domestic Violence: Balancing the Public and the Private Interest: The Example of Greek Legislation.- How to Initiate the Criminal Prosecution of a Domestic Violence Case, ex officio or ex parte?: The Example of Turkish Law.- Punitive and Preventive Measures against Domestic Violence in Italy: A Critical Assessment.- Domestic Violence in Spain from a Gender Perspective: Risk Assessment and Analysis.- The Role of Police and Prosecutorial Bodies in Resolving Cases of Domestic Violence: The Example of Serbia.- The Vulnerability of Domestic Violence Victims from A Gender Perspective in Spanish Criminal Proceedings: Challenges and Proposals against the Phenomenon of Secondary Victimization.- Right to Access a Lawyer for Victims of Domestic Violence: The Example of Italian Criminal Justice.- Applicability of Restorative Justice in Cases of Domestic Violence- Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina.- The Holistic Approach Towards Domestic Violence and the Urgent Need for Its Effective Implementation: The Case of Republic of North Macedonia.- Part II: The ECtHR’s Perspective: Positive Obligation and State’s Intervention in Domestic Violence.- The State's Duty to Protect Domestic Violence Victims from a Gender Perspective: Brief Reference to the Jurisprudential Developments of the European Court of Human Rights Jurisprudence.- Post-Talpis Reflections: Reassessing and Redefining ECHR Standards and Italy’s Approach to Domestic Violence.- Concluding Remarks: Common Problems and Core Solutions in Prosecuting Domestic Violence.

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Dr. Rahime Erbaş is an associate professor of criminal law at Istanbul University. She completed her law degree at Selçuk University and her master’s in public law at Istanbul University, with an Erasmus term at Justus Liebig University in Gießen. She received her PhD in 2019 on the topic of omissions in criminal law.  Dr. Erbaş conducted doctoral research at Osnabrück University (2016–2017) and was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, the University of Zürich, Freie Universität Berlin, and the University of Bologna. Between 2023 and 2024, she was a TÜBİTAK fellow at the University of Glasgow, conducting postdoctoral research in criminal law and justice. She has also collaborated with the Turkish Ministry of Justice on offender intervention programs. Dr. Erbaş has edited and authored books on criminal law, gender-based violence, and comparative criminal procedure, including titles with Istanbul University Press, Pisa University Press and Lexington. She is section editor at the Journal of Penal Law and Criminology and serves on the editorial board of Women’s Studies International Forum (Elsevier).

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