Examining Orders of Protection: An Analysis of the Court System in a Rural Tennessee County.

To provide safety to domestic violence victims, law reform efforts provided victims with a civil remedy in which a judge orders the abuser to stay away from the victim. The research uses 1 rural county judicial system data to evaluate protective orders. Findings indicate that 42% of petitions are di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Jaclyn
Format: Others
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2009
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1825
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3177&context=etd