Title A critical legal study of solutions to domestic violence among black male-female couples / Willa Mae Hemmons

Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2002

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Description v, 147 pages ; 24 cm Series Criminology studies ; v. 16 Criminology studies ; v. 16 Contents Foreword / LaVerne Gyant -- 1. Theoretical Orientation to (CLP) Critical Legal Practice (An Anomaly Yes or No?) -- Black Women as Battered: One Side of Domestic Violence -- 2. Divorce as Solution -- 3. Temporary Protection as Solution -- 4. Criminal Prosecution as Solution I -- 5. Separate Maintenance as Solution -- Black Men as Beaten: Another Side of Domestic Violence -- 6. Criminal Prosecution as Solution II -- 7. Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index Subject Marital violence -- Law and legislation -- United States. Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States. Wife abuse -- United States. African American women -- Abuse of. African Americans -- Race identity. LC no. 2001041003 ISBN 077348583X series 0773472827

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