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Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses »

Authors: James Ptacek
ISBN-13: 9781555533908, ISBN-10: 1555533906
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: James Ptacek

James Ptacek is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University, where he is also on the faculty of the master's program in criminal justice. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Book Synopsis

For the first time, a study of the ways in which judges respond to abused women.

	Preface
1	Judges and the Social Entrapment of Battered Women	3
2	Political Moves: Class, Race, and Research on Woman Battering	16
3	The Reconstruction of a Public Problem: Judicial Responses to Woman Battering in Massachusetts	40
4	Why Women Seek Restraining Orders: The Tactics and Strategies of Men Who Batter	69
5	Judging as Emotional Labor: Courtroom Observations of Restraining Order Hearings	92
6	Judges' Perspectives on Restraining Order Hearings	112
7	Women's Experiences Seeking Restraining Orders	136
8	Disorder in the Courts: Battering and Judicial Responses	168
	Appendix: Research Methods	185
	Notes	193
	References	213
	Index	233