Schuster, Mary Lay. <br/><br/>
Victim advocacy in the courtroom :  persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases / 
Mary Lay Schuster, Amy D. Propen. 
 - Boston :  Northeastern University Press,  (c)2011. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages). 
 - Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Provides a deeply textured view of how victims' voices are introduced and heard in courts. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781555537586 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Victims of family violence--Legal status, laws, etc.--Trial practice.--United States<br/>Family violence--Law and legislation--Trial practice.--United States<br/>Abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Trial practice.--United States<br/>Domestic relations courts--United States.<br/>Victims of family violence--Legal status, laws, etc.--Minnesota.<br/>Victims of crimes--Services for--United States.<br/>Abused children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Trial practice.--United States<br/>Domestic relations courts--United States.<br/>Family violence--Law and legislation--Trial practice.--United States<br/>Victims of crimes--Services for--United States.<br/>Victims of family violence--Legal status, laws, etc.--Minnesota.<br/>Victims of family violence--Legal status, laws, etc.--Trial practice.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF505  / .V538 2011