| Description |
xxx, 254 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue : Catherine's experience / New Haven Project for Battered Women. I. Women, violence, and the courts. The historical roots of domestic violence / Del Martin -- Domestic violence is a crime : a case study--San Francisco Family Violence Project / Esta Soler. II. The battered woman. The battered woman syndrome / Mary Ann Douglas -- Battered women in court : jury and trial consultants and expert witnesses / Roberta K. Thyfault, Cathy E. Bennett, and Robert B. Hirschhorn -- When battered women kill : evaluation and expert witness testimony techniques / Roberta K. Thyfault, Angela Browne, and Lenore E.A. Walker -- The clinical and courtroon application of battered women's personality assessments / Lynne Bravo Rosewater. III. The children. The child witness to family violence : clinical and legal considerations / Gail S. Goodman and Mindy S. Rosenberg -- Domestic violence and determination of visitation and custody in divorce / Lenore E.A. Walker and Glenace E. Edwall. IV. The offender. Perpetrators of domestic violence : an overview of counseling the court-mandated client / Anne L. Ganley -- The assessment of court-mandated male batterers / Daniel Jay Sonkin --Domestic violence : the skeleton in Tarasoff's closet / Mary McNeill -- Domestic violence expert testimony in the prosecution of male batterers / Daniel Jay Sonkin and William Fazio. Epilogue : justice-making in the aftermath of woman-battering / Marie M. Fortune |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Abused children -- United States -- Psychology.
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Abused wives -- United States -- Psychology.
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Child abuse.
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Families.
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Forensic psychology.
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Spousal abuse.
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Violence.
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Child Abuse -- psychology.
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Child Abuse.
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Family.
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Spouse Abuse -- psychology.
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Spouse Abuse.
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Violence -- psychology.
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Violence.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Sonkin, Daniel Jay.
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| LC no. |
86029841 |
| ISBN |
0826152503 |
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