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Author Nichols, Andrea J

Title Feminist advocacy : gendered organizations in community-based responses to domestic violence / Andrea J. Nichols
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 206 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Feminist advocacy -- Advocacy in the justice system -- Advocacy in child protective services -- Advocacy in shelter -- Implications for theory and practice
Summary Feminist Advocacy: Gendered Organizations in Community Based Responses to Domestic Violence examines feminist advocacy in domestic violence organizations including shelters, the justice system, and child protective services. This book provides an analysis of advocacy responses to shelter rules, protective orders, no-drop prosecution, mandatory arrest, dual arrest, failure to protect, and lost custody. Feminist Advocacy is directed toward social work, human services, or criminology students, advocates and practitioners, academic researchers, and those interested in intimate partner violence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index
Notes English
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Subject Abused women -- Services for -- United States
Abused children -- Services for -- United States
Community organization -- United States
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States
Feminism -- United States
Abused wives -- Services for -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Abused children -- Services for
Abused women -- Services for
Community organization
Family violence -- Law and legislation
Feminism
United States
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021675800
ISBN 9780739180358
0739180355
9780739180358
1306137519
9781306137515
1498525199
9781498525190