Victim advocacy in the courtroom : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases /

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Provides a deeply textured view of how victims' voices are introduced and heard in courts.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schuster, Mary Lay
Other Authors: Propen, Amy D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©2011.
Series:Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
Subjects:
Victims of family violence > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Trial practice.
Family violence > Law and legislation > United States > Trial practice.
Abused children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Trial practice.
Domestic relations courts > United States.
Victims of family violence > Legal status, laws, etc. > Minnesota.
Victims of crimes > Services for > United States.
Tribunaux de la famille > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Domestic relations courts.
Victims of crimes > Services for.
Victims of family violence > Legal status, laws, etc.
Minnesota.
United States.
Victim advocates
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Victim advocacy in the courtroom
  • Perspectives for understanding advocacy in the courtroom
  • Reason and emotion, objectivity and subjectivity, in the courtroom
  • Issues of credibility, trust, and power for victims and their advocates
  • Advocacy work : giving voice to the vulnerable and abused
  • The rhetorical work of victim advocates and guardians ad litem : perspectives and recommendations.

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