Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=gppr20 Download by: [Hacettepe University] Date: 18 April 2017, At: 06:13 Police Practice and Research An International Journal ISSN: 1561-4263 (Print) 1477-271X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gppr20 A ‘double edged sword’: discretion and compulsion in policing domestic violence Kristin Diemer, Stuart Ross, Cathy Humphreys & Lucy Healey To cite this article: Kristin Diemer, Stuart Ross, Cathy Humphreys & Lucy Healey (2016): A ‘double edged sword’: discretion and compulsion in policing domestic violence, Police Practice and Research, DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2016.1230853 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2016.1230853 Published online: 08 Sep 2016. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 188 View related articles View Crossmark data