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One of the most comprehensive and thorough assessments of these initiatives in one country. Conceptualizing these reviews as a system, a process, and a product, the author effectively highlights both their benefits and challenges, with the aim of optimizing their implications for practice, policy, research, theory and, most importantly, the future of such reviews. It will serve as a benchmark for similar examinations in other countries. Professor Myrna Dawson, University of Guelph James’ critical analysis of Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews brings into focus the victims, their families and the importance of conducting reviews with intention and accountability. During such a pivotal period of reform, his book is a must read for anyone working in domestic homicide prevention. Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales In this book Rowlands offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which domestic violence related deaths are brought into being when reviewed. This highly accomplished work is an example of classic sociology at its best. Without doubt essential reading for anyone claiming an interest in this and related fields. (50 words) Professor Sandra Walklate, Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool A searching, intelligent, and accessible analysis of domestic abuse related death reviews in the UK. Dr. Rowlands fruitfully combines participatory ethnography with analyses of socio-historical and community structures. He impressively textures a complex mosaic that highlights the limits of deliberative democratic practices in a centrally governed and bureaucratized state. Professor Neil Websdale, Arizona State University

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James Rowlands is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. His research focuses on domestic abuse, specifically domestic homicide and domestic abuse-related deaths by suicide, as well as fatality review systems and femicide. James has also worked as an independent chair of DARDRs in England and Wales.

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