In the adopted land : abused immigrant women and the criminal justice system /

This volume details the experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women who have experienced intimate violence in the United States. It focuses on the diversity of their responses to abuse and their various encounters with the criminal justice system and victim service agencies. Also revealed are the effe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bui, Hoan N., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Colección:Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections.
Temas:
Čubrilović > Familie : 19. Jh.-
Victims of family violence > United States > Case studies.
Abused women > United States > Case studies.
Vietnamese American women > Abuse of.
Women immigrants > Abuse of > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Police services for minorities > United States.
Victimes de violence familiale > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Femmes victimes de violence > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Violence envers les américaines d'origine vietnamienne.
Immigrantes > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Police > Services aux minorités > États-Unis.
Victimes de violence familiale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Américaines d'origine vietnamienne > Violence envers.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
Abused women
Criminal justice, Administration of
Police services for minorities
Victims of family violence
Vietnamese American women > Abuse of
Women immigrants > Abuse of
Rechtssystem
Einwanderin
Gewalt
Frau
United States
USA
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This volume details the experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women who have experienced intimate violence in the United States. It focuses on the diversity of their responses to abuse and their various encounters with the criminal justice system and victim service agencies. Also revealed are the effects of traditional culture, acculturation, and economic adaptation on the participation of these women as witnesses in the criminal justice process. It points to the roles of gender, economic power, legal status, and the organizational structure of the criminal justice system in shaping the experien.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 154 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-150) and index.
ISBN:0313051623
9780313051623
0275977080
9780275977085
128240816X
9781282408166
9786612408168
6612408162
ISSN:1535-0371

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