Rural Women Battering and the Justice System
Subtitle: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: November 11, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780761908524
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Domestic violence; Rural communities; Women's studies; Sociology; Law; Criminal justice, Administration of; Social Science; Social conditions; USA; Mental Health; Abuse - General; Criminology; Family & Relationships-Abuse - General; Medical-Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry / Interpersonal Relations; Social Science / Criminology; Criminal justice, Administrati; Women's Studies - General; Abused women; Kentucky; Rural women
First sentence: In traditional marriage ceremonies partners take vows to support each other for richer or for poorer,"" ""in sickness and in health,"" and ""for better or for worse."""