Victim advocacy in the courtroom [electronic resource] : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen.
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TextSeries: Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (ix, 234 p. )Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781555537586
- 1555537588
- Victims of crimes -- Services for -- United States
- Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Minnesota
- Domestic relations courts -- United States
- Abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice
- Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Trial practice
- Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice
- Victim advocates
- 345.73/02555 22
- KF505 .S328 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) 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.
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