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200 10$aIn the adopted land$b[electronic resource] $eabused immigrant women and the criminal justice system /$fHoan N. Bui ; foreword by Merry Morash
210   $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (170 p.)
225 1 $aCriminal justice, delinquency, and corrections,$x1535-0371
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-275-97708-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [139]-150) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aThis 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 experien
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606   $aAbused women$zUnited States$vCase studies
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606   $aWomen immigrants$xAbuse of$zUnited States
606   $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States
606   $aPolice services for minorities$zUnited States
608   $aElectronic books.
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615  0$aAbused women
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615  0$aWomen immigrants$xAbuse of
615  0$aCriminal justice, Administration of
615  0$aPolice services for minorities
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