Legal responses to wife assault : current trends and evaluation

摘要: PART ONE: OVERVIEW Introduction - N Zoe Hilton Husbands Who Assault Daniel G Saunders Multiple Profiles Requiring Responses TWO: POLICE Police Intervention and Public Opinion The Impact of Laying Charges Peter Jaffe et al Irreconcilable Differences Kathleen J Ferraro Lucille Pope Battered Women, Police, the Law THREE: COURTS Criminal Prosecution Wife Assaulters David A Ford Mary Jean Regoli Process, Problems, Effects Family Courts, Marital Conflict Mediation, Desmond Ellis Court-Mandated Treatment Men Their Partner L Kevin Hamberger James E Hastings Issues, Controversies, Outcomes FOUR: VICTIMS Women as Defendants Lenore Walker Self-Defense Jury Instructions in Trials Kill Alan Tomkins FIVE: SUMMARY Legal to Ronald Roesch, Stephen D Hart Laurene Wilson Future Prospects for Evaluation