Between the devil and the deep-blue sea: conceptualising victims' experiences of policing in domestic violence in the Singaporean context.

In contextualising victims experiences of policing un domestic violence situations in Singapore, two extreme but interrelated sets of responses have been observed. At one end of the continuum, criminal justice sanctions are strictly contingent upon victim willingness to initiate criminal proceedings against the perpetrator, and at the other, victims' rights, needs and preferences seem to be usurped by the justice system regardless of victims' choice.

Neither of these positions takes victims' interests into account. Nor do they stem from an understanding of the sociocultural, economic ...

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