Title Abetting batterers : what police, prosecutors, and courts aren't doing to protect America's women / Andrew R. Klein and Jessica L. Klein.

Publication Info.	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
	©2020.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	362.8292 KLEIN	Check Shelf

Edition	Updated edition
Description	v, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-291) and index.
Contents	Introduction: The right of chastisement, a husband's responsibility -- Counting domestic violence victims -- Victim advocacy and services helpful, but insufficient -- Prying open courthouse (back) doors -- Making domestic violence a real crime -- Encouraging domestic violence arrests -- Prosecuting abusers -- Sentencing abusers -- Unfinished business.
Summary	Abetting Batterers reveals the troubling patterns of inattention and incompetence that compromise the safety of women in the US. It looks at how the criminal justice system responds to the ever-growing problem of domestic violence, what preventative strategies and training have been developed and put in place, and why most are still failing.
Subject	Abused women -- United States.
	Wife abuse -- United States.
	Family violence -- United States.
	Abusive men -- United States.
	Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
	Abusive men. (OCoLC)fst00794903
	Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
	Wife abuse. (OCoLC)fst01432118
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Klein, Jessica L., author.
Other Form:	ebook version : 9781538137420
ISBN	9781538137413 (hardcover)
	1538137410 (hardcover)
	9781538123874 (paperback)
	1538123878 (paperback)
	9781538137420 (ePub ebook)

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