Victim advocacy in the courtroom [electronic resource] : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen.
Series: Northeastern series on gender, crime, and lawPublication details: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2011.Description: ix, 234 pISBN:- 9781555537500 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781555537494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781555537586 (e-book)
- 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
- 345.73/02555 22
- KF505 .S328 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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