Battered women in the courtroom : the power of judicial responses
Ptacek, James
Battered women in the courtroom : the power of judicial responses James Ptacek - Boston, MA : Northeastern University Press, 1999 - vii, 240 pages ; 23 cm.
This book explores the ways in which judges (in the US) respond to women who are seeking legal redress. This investigation of women, violence and the courts centres on encounters between women and judges in restraining order hearings in Massachusetts, one of the first states in the US to offer new civil and criminal options to victims of abusive behaviour. (From the back cover). Record #5026
1-55553-390-6
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
PROTECTION ORDERS
UNITED STATES
345.73 PTA
Battered women in the courtroom : the power of judicial responses James Ptacek - Boston, MA : Northeastern University Press, 1999 - vii, 240 pages ; 23 cm.
This book explores the ways in which judges (in the US) respond to women who are seeking legal redress. This investigation of women, violence and the courts centres on encounters between women and judges in restraining order hearings in Massachusetts, one of the first states in the US to offer new civil and criminal options to victims of abusive behaviour. (From the back cover). Record #5026
1-55553-390-6
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
PROTECTION ORDERS
UNITED STATES
345.73 PTA