Expert Testimony on Domestic Violence : a Discourse Analysis.

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Author / Creator:	Hamilton, Melissa.
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (213 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Law and Society Recht und Gesellschaft.
Subject:	Forensic sociology -- United States. Evidence, Expert -- United States. Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States. Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- Cases. Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. Evidence, Expert. Family violence -- Law and legislation. Forensic sociology. California. United States. Electronic books. Trials, litigation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124246

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ISBN:	9781593325473 1593325479 9781593323233 1593323239
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Hamilton examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases. Relying on interdisciplinary theories and methodologies in law, Hamilton analyzes the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence. Expert testimony was highly influential on, yet was rarely challenged by, the appellate judges. From this body of judicial writings, Hamilton uncovers typologies of battered women, battering men, and abusive relationships. She also notes the discursive tension in the.
Other form:	Print version: 9781593323233

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