Feminist Advocacy: Gendered Organizations in Community-based
Responses to Domestic Violence examines victim advocacy through a
gendered organizations perspective. This monograph draws from
in-depth interviews with twenty-six domestic violence victim
advocates to examine their experiences with gendered policies and
practices in the justice system, child protective services, and
shelters. Andrea J. Nichols explores justice system interventions
related to pro-arrest, dual arrest, no-drop prosecution, protective
orders, and the actions of police and judges. In addition, she
examines policies and practices related to child protective
services that negatively affect battered women, such as charges for
failure to protect and lost custody. Nichols also explores the most
contentiously debated shelter policies, including curfew,
confidentiality, substance abuse, entrance requirements, admitting
adolescent boys, and mandatory classes. Drawing from advocates'
narratives of their experiences, Feminist Advocacy bears
significant implications for policy and practice in community-based
responses to domestic violence. This book will prove especially
valuable to anyone who studies or works in the fields of social
work, human services, criminal justice, or criminology, including
advocates, practitioners, students, academic researchers, and those
interested in intimate partner violence.
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