Title: Domestic violence law /
Authors: Weisberg, D. Kelly,
Year: 2019
Subjects: Family violence United States; Family violence Law and legislation United States; Victims of family violence United States.; Domestic relations United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare.
Contents: Introduction: social and legal historical context -- Characteristics of domestic violence -- Influential factors: dimensions and contexts -- High lethality crimes: strangulation, stalking, sexual assault -- High lethality crimes: separation abuse, pet abuse, and murder-suicide -- Other types of abuse: reproductive control, financial abuse, psychological abuse -- Law enforcement response -- Domestic violence as a crime: state legislative responses -- Criminal defenses -- Evidentiary issues -- Federal criminal law -- Civil protection orders -- Tort remedies -- Domestic violence in the context of dating, marriage, and divorce -- Parenting and domestic violence -- Discrimination against victims.