Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)
By James Ptacek.
Description
Recent laws have given women much-needed rights in seeking protection from abusive men, but judges still hold the authority to issue restraining orders or send batterers to jail. While most studies on state intervention for victims have focused on the role of police, Battered Women in the Courtroom looks at the lives of abused women.This investigation of women, violence, and the courts centers on encounters between women and judges in restraining order hearings in Massachusetts, one of the first states to offer new civil and criminal options to victims of abusive behavior. It also examines ...
ISBN(s)
1555533906, 9781555533908
