Abetting batterers : what police, prosecutors, and courts aren't doing to protect America's women / Andrew R. Klein and Jessica L. Klein.
"Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last...
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Rowman & Littlefield,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Right of Chastisement, A Husband's Responsibility
- 1. Counting Domestic Violence Victims
- 2. Victim Advocacy and Services Helpful, But Insufficient
- 3. Prying Open Court House (Back) Doors
- 4. Making Domestic Violence a Real Crime
- 5. Encouraging Domestic Violence Arrests
- 6. Prosecuting Abusers
- 7. Sentencing Abusers
- 8. Unfinished Business.