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Author Schuster, Mary Lay.

Title Victim advocacy in the courtroom : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen
Published Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description ix, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Series The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
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
Analysis Victim advocates
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index
Subject Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice.
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Trial practice.
Abused children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Trial practice.
Domestic relations courts -- United States.
Victims of family violence -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Minnesota.
Victims of crimes -- Services for -- United States.
Author Propen, Amy D.
LC no. 2011004038
ISBN 9781555537500 (cloth : alk. paper)
1555537502 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781555537494 (paperback: alk. paper)
1555537499 (paperback: alk. paper)
Other Titles Persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases