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Author Schuster, Mary Lay.

Title Victim advocacy in the courtroom [electronic resource] : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen.

Imprint Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2011.

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Description ix, 234 p.
Series Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Propen, Amy D.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781555537500 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781555537494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781555537586 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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