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Domestic Violence And State Intervention In The American West And Australia, 1860-1930, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Domestic Violence And State Intervention In The American West And Australia, 1860-1930, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Indiana Law Journal
This Article calls into question stereotypical assumptions about the presumed lack of state intervention in the family and the patriarchal violence of Anglo- American frontier societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By analyzing previously unexamined cases of domestic assault and homicide in the American West and Australia, Professor Ramsey reveals a sustained (but largely ineffectual) effort to civilize men by punishing violence against women. Husbands in both the American West and Australia were routinely arrested or summoned to court for beating their wives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Judges, police officers, journalists, and others expressed …
Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women, Deborah Tuerkheimer
Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women, Deborah Tuerkheimer
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Insurance Discrimination Against Battered Women: Proposed Legislative Protections, Ellen J. Morrison
Insurance Discrimination Against Battered Women: Proposed Legislative Protections, Ellen J. Morrison
Indiana Law Journal
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The Violence Against Women Act: Civil Rights For Sexual Assault Victims, W. H. Hallock
The Violence Against Women Act: Civil Rights For Sexual Assault Victims, W. H. Hallock
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe
Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe
Indiana Law Journal
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