Feminist advocacy : gendered organizations in community-based responses to domestic violence / / Andrea J. Nichols

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821544103321
• Autore: Nichols Andrea J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4985-2519-9; 0-7391-8035-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.8292570973
• Soggetti: Abused children - Services for - United States; Abused women - Services for - United States; Community organization - United States; Family violence - Law and legislation - United States; Feminism - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FEMINIST ADVOCACY; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Feminist Advocacy; Chapter 3: Advocacy in the Justice System; Chapter 4: Advocacy in Child Protective Services; Chapter 5: Advocacy in Shelters; Chapter 6: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 stude