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_aPtacek, James _93054 |
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_aBattered women in the courtroom : _cJames Ptacek _bthe power of judicial responses |
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_aBoston, MA : _bNortheastern University Press, _c1999 |
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| 300 | _avii, 240 pages ; 23 cm. | ||
| 520 | _aThis 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 | ||
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_aABUSED WOMEN _925 |
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_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203 |
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_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431 |
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_aJUSTICE _9333 |
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_aPROTECTION ORDERS _9470 |
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_aUNITED STATES _92646 |
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_2ddc _cBOOK |
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