Domestic violence, Kelly Barth, book editor

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Domestic violence, Kelly Barth, book editor

Link

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008031447.html

Statement of responsibility

Kelly Barth, book editor

Instantiates

• trueDomestic violence

Publication

• Detroit, Greenhaven Press, 2009

Copyright

• ©2009

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Murder as self-defense? Case overview : The People v. Francine Hughes (1977) ; Physical and mental abuse leads a victim to murder / Faith McNulty ; Wife abuse does not justify homicide / Marilyn Mitchell ; Insanity plea of an abused wife cannot withstand scrutiny / Richard Cohen ; Sane woman protects herself / Sarah Geraghty ; Abused women who kill are not weak / Evan Stark -- Police are not obligated to enforce protection orders. Case overview : Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales (2005) ; Court's decision : enforcement of a protection order is not a right / Antonin Scalia ; Dissenting opinion : enforcement of a protection order is a right / John Paul Stevens ; Castle Rock v. Gonzales ruling reveals the need for gun ownership / Wendy McElroy ; Protection orders save lives / Randy Saucedo ; U.S. Supreme Court stripped domestic abuse victims of protection / Tritia L. Yuen -- Using out-of-court statements as testimony. Case overview : Adrian Martell Davis v. Washington and Hershel Hammon v. Indiana (2006) ; Court's decision : distinctions must be made between types of out-of-court statements / Antonin Scalia ; Dissenting opinion : out-of-court statements can be used as evidence / Clarence Thomas ; Supreme Court has confused the testimony issue in cases of abuse / Craig M. Bradley ; Out-of-court accusations are testimony / Josephine Ross ; Courts must protect victims and not victimizers / Sarah M. Buel -- Prosecuting domestic abuse cases where no marriage exists. Case overviews: The State of Ohio v. Michael Carswell (2007) ; State court's decision : unmarried partners are still responsible for their actions / C.J. Moyer ; Dissenting opinion : the domestic violence statute does grant special rights / J. Lanziger ; Ohio Supreme Court nullified the state Marriage Amendment / Marc Spindelman ; Only married people can be convicted of domestic violence / David Langdon ; Many domestic violence laws conflict with state Marriage Amendments / Joanna Grossman

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783361

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

164 pages

Isbn

9780737741766

Lccn

2008031447

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

Record ID

u783361

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(Sirsi) i9780737741766