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Victim advocacy in the courtroom : persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Boston : Northeastern University Press, (c)2011.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781555537586
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KF505 .V538 2011
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: Provides a deeply textured view of how victims' voices are introduced and heard in courts.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

Provides a deeply textured view of how victims' voices are introduced and heard in courts.

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