03567oam 2200793 a 450 991096032960332120200520144314.0979840066931697866124081689781282408166128240816X9780313051623031305162310.5040/9798400669316(CKB)1000000000451719(EBL)554244(OCoLC)61164601(SSID)ssj0000177830(PQKBManifestationID)11174555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177830(PQKBWorkID)10221511(PQKB)10258128(Au-PeEL)EBL554244(CaPaEBR)ebr10349169(CaONFJC)MIL240816(MiAaPQ)EBC554244(DLC)BP9798400669316BC(Perlego)4260505(EXLCZ)99100000000045171920240214e20042024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the adopted land abused immigrant women and the criminal justice system /Hoan N. Bui ; foreword by Merry Morash1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2004.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (170 p.)Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections,1535-0371Description based upon print version of record.9780275977085 0275977080 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.Abused womenUnited StatesCase studiesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesPolice services for minoritiesUnited StatesVictims of family violenceUnited StatesCase studiesVietnamese American womenAbuse ofWomen immigrantsAbuse ofUnited StatesAbused womenCriminal justice, Administration ofPolice services for minoritiesVictims of family violenceVietnamese American womenAbuse of.Women immigrantsAbuse of362.82/92/0899592073Bui Hoan N.1950-1796610DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910960329603321In the adopted land4338435UNINA