TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamilton,Melissa
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Expert testimony on domestic violence: a discourse analysis 
T2  - Law and society
AV  - KF8968.7 .H36 2009eb
U1  - 345.73/02555 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - El Paso
PB  - LFB Scholarly Pub.
KW  - Forensic sociology
KW  - United States
KW  - Evidence, Expert
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Abused women
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - California
KW  - Cases
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index; Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "Examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases, analyzing the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10430457
ER  -