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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2004.
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| Series: | Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Family Lives in Transition; 3 Contacts with Criminal Justice Agencies; 4 When Victims Become Offenders; 5 Women's Safety and Family Life; 6 Women's Differences and Social Policies; Appendix A: About the Study; Appendix B: Attitudes of Vietnamese Americans Toward Intimate Violence Policies; Bibliography; Index.