Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses
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For the first time, a study of the ways in which judges respond to abused women.
Preface1Judges and the Social Entrapment of Battered Women32Political Moves: Class, Race, and Research on Woman Battering163The Reconstruction of a Public Problem: Judicial Responses to Woman Battering in Massachusetts404Why Women Seek Restraining Orders: The Tactics and Strategies of Men Who Batter695Judging as Emotional Labor: Courtroom Observations of Restraining Order Hearings926Judges' Perspectives on Restraining Order Hearings1127Women's Experiences Seeking Restraining Orders1368Disorder in the Courts: Battering and Judicial Responses168Appendix: Research Methods185Notes193References213Index233
