03327nam 22006974a 450 991045200790332120200520144314.01-282-40816-X97866124081680-313-05162-3(CKB)1000000000451719(EBL)554244(OCoLC)61164601(SSID)ssj0000177830(PQKBManifestationID)11174555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177830(PQKBWorkID)10221511(PQKB)10258128(MiAaPQ)EBC554244(Au-PeEL)EBL554244(CaPaEBR)ebr10349169(CaONFJC)MIL240816(EXLCZ)99100000000045171920030911d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the adopted land[electronic resource] abused immigrant women and the criminal justice system /Hoan N. Bui ; foreword by Merry MorashWestport, Conn. Praeger20041 online resource (170 p.)Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections,1535-0371Description based upon print version of record.0-275-97708-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-150) and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Family Lives in Transition; 3 Contacts with Criminal Justice Agencies; 4 When Victims Become Offenders; 5 Women's Safety and Family Life; 6 Women's Differences and Social Policies; Appendix A: About the Study; Appendix B: Attitudes of Vietnamese Americans Toward Intimate Violence Policies; Bibliography; IndexThis volume details the experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women who have experienced intimate violence in the United States. It focuses on the diversity of their responses to abuse and their various encounters with the criminal justice system and victim service agencies. Also revealed are the effects of traditional culture, acculturation, and economic adaptation on the participation of these women as witnesses in the criminal justice process. It points to the roles of gender, economic power, legal status, and the organizational structure of the criminal justice system in shaping the experienCriminal justice, delinquency, and corrections.Victims of family violenceUnited StatesCase studiesAbused womenUnited StatesCase studiesVietnamese American womenAbuse ofWomen immigrantsAbuse ofUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesPolice services for minoritiesUnited StatesElectronic books.Victims of family violenceAbused womenVietnamese American womenAbuse of.Women immigrantsAbuse ofCriminal justice, Administration ofPolice services for minorities362.82/92/0899592073Bui Hoan N.1950-949155MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452007903321In the adopted land2145347UNINA