Rhetoric and communication perspectives on domestic violence and sexual assault : policy and protocol through discourse /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Propen, Amy D. (Author), Schuster, Mary Lay (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Routledge studies in technical communication, rhetoric, and culture.
Subjects:	Family violence > Government policy > United States. Sex crimes > Government policy > United States. Family violence > Law and legislation > United States. Sex crimes > Law and legislation > United States. Discourse analysis > United States. Communication in law > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Policy and protocol through discourse: an introduction
1. Perspectives on public and political controversy: Kairos, moral panic, and risk
2. Disrupting genres: influencing behavior and belief
3. Othering within public discourse: the challenges of power and communication in policymaking about a controversial group
4. Moving between text and context: the challenges of systematic and cultural change regarding gender and violence
5. Final perspectives: the rhetoric of the civil commitment debate and the lethality assessment protocol.