Description |
1 online resource (ix, 234 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
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Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
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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. |
Summary |
Provides a deeply textured view of how victims' voices are introduced and heard in courts. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice.
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Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Trial practice. |
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Victims of family violence. |
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Trial practice.
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Family violence -- Law and legislation. |
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Abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice.
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Abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Abused children. |
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Domestic relations courts -- United States.
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Domestic relations courts. |
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Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Minnesota.
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Minnesota. |
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Victims of crimes -- Services for -- United States.
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Victims of crimes -- Services for. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Propen, Amy D.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Schuster, Mary Lay. Victim advocacy in the courtroom. Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011004038 |
ISBN |
9781555537586 (electronic book) |
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1555537588 (electronic book) |
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9781555537500 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781555537494 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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