Prosecuting domestic violence: a philosophical analysis

by Dempsey, Michelle Madden

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Full title :Prosecuting domestic violence : a philosophical analysis / Michelle Madden Dempsey

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 241 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199562169, 0199562164
oclc:ocn488948492
LC Classification:KF9322
Dewey Decimal:345.02555301

Table of contents: PART I SOME PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS; 1. Introduction; 2. Wrong Turns on the Way to an Answer; PART II A FRESH START; 3. Prosecutors: What They Are and What They Do; 4. Prosecutorial Action and Value; 5. Reasons for Prosecutors; PART III CONSIDERING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 6. What Counts as Domestic Violence?; 7. Patriarchy; 8. Domestic-violence Prosecution: Justification and Effectiveness; 9. Victims and Prosecutions; 10. Conclusion

Subjects

Family violence -- Law and legislation Family violence -- Law and legislation … Féminisme et droit Feminist jurisprudence Poursuites judiciaires -- Aspect social… Prosecution -- Decision making Prosecution -- Decision making. -- Unit… Prosecution -- Social aspects -- United… United States