Battered Women in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Response by James Ptacek

Battered Women in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Response

Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, & Law

James Ptacek

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction reference sociology informative medium-paced
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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...

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