1. Judges and the Social Entrapment of Battered Women -- 2. Political Moves: Class, Race, and Research on Woman Battering -- 3. The Reconstruction of a Public Problem: Judicial Responses to Woman Battering in Massachusetts -- 4. Why Women Seek Restraining Orders: The Tactics and Strategies of Men Who Batter -- 5. Judging as Emotional Labor: Courtroom Observations of Restraining Order Hearings -- 6. Judges' Perspectives on Restraining Order Hearings -- 7. Women's Experiences Seeking Restraining Orders -- 8. Disorder in the Courts: Battering and Judicial Responses
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index
