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Rural woman battering and the justice system : an ethnography /

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The author shows how an insidious old boys network within the official institutions, including the courts, the police and local politics, perpetuates the unjust and sometimes violent treatment of women in rural situations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Websdale, Neil
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, c1998.
Series:SAGE series on violence against women ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Abused women > Kentucky.
Rural women > Kentucky > Social conditions.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Kentucky.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The author shows how an insidious old boys network within the official institutions, including the courts, the police and local politics, perpetuates the unjust and sometimes violent treatment of women in rural situations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 263 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781452232041 (ebook) :