Legal Responses to Wife Assault: Current Trends and Evaluation by N... Zoe Hilto

Description: Legal Responses to Wife Assault by N... Zoe Hilton An increase in the legal response to wife assault is evident in North America, largely in reaction to earlier calls for greater responsiveness by the legal system. However—not one change has occurred without controversy. Legal Responses to Wife Assault offers in-depth coverage of four major themes: historical framework of legal response to wife assault; police attitudes and action (or inaction); prosecution, mediation, and treatment within the court system; and victims as defendants and participants in the legal system. Chapters examine past and present policies of specific branches of the legal system, discuss the merits and demerits of those approaches, and explore implications for the future. The authors not only pull together recent evaluation research in an accessible form, but they highlight their own work as well. Human services and legal professionals, as well as students and researchers in these areas, will find the book invaluable. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description While there is an evident trend towards increasing legal responses to wife assault in North America, any change that has occurred has met with controversy, and the challenge remains to improve the circumstances of battered women.This book offers in-depth coverage of four major themes that address this issue: the historical framework of legal responses to wife assault; police attitudes and action; prosecution, mediation and treatment within the court system; and victims as defendants and participants in the legal system. Each chapter examines past and present policies of a specific branch of the legal system, and discusses their merits and demerits. Table of Contents PART ONE: OVERVIEWIntroduction - N Zoe HiltonHusbands Who Assault - Daniel G SaundersMultiple Profiles Requiring Multiple ResponsesPART TWO: POLICEPolice Intervention and Public Opinion - N Zoe HiltonThe Impact of Police Laying Charges - Peter G Jaffe et alIrreconcilable Differences - Kathleen J Ferraro and Lucille PopeBattered Women, Police, and the LawPART THREE: COURTSThe Criminal Prosecution of Wife Assaulters - David A Ford and Mary Jean RegoliProcess, Problems, and EffectsFamily Courts, Marital Conflict Mediation, and Wife Assault - Desmond EllisCourt-Mandated Treatment of Men Who Assault Their Partner - L Kevin Hamberger and James E HastingsIssues, Controversies, and OutcomesPART FOUR: VICTIMSBattered Women as Defendants - Lenore E A WalkerSelf-Defense Jury Instructions in Trials of Battered Women Who Kill Their Partner - Alan J Tomkins et alPART FIVE: SUMMARYLegal Responses to Wife Assault - Ronald Roesch, Stephen D Hart and Laurene J WilsonFuture Prospects for Intervention and Evaluation Details ISBN0803945531 Short Title LEGAL RESPONSES TO WIFE ASSAUL Pages 344 Language English ISBN-10 0803945531 ISBN-13 9780803945531 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1993 Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Subtitle Current Trends and Evaluation Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Thousand Oaks DOI 10.1604/9780803945531 UK Release Date 1993-08-19 NZ Release Date 1993-08-19 US Release Date 1993-08-19 Edited by N . Zoe Hilton Author N... Zoe Hilton Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Publication Date 1993-08-19 DEWEY 362.8292 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1993-08-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160681535;

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