Changing the boundaries of crime: the battered women's social movement and the definition of wife abuse as criminal activity
This paper examines the various ways in which public policy is influenced by social problem claims and it examines the unintended consequences of using social problem claims to shape public policy. Two systems for categorizing violence against women are compared: (a) the "wife abuse" categ...
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1991
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Criminal justice review
Año: 1991, Volumen: 16, Número: 2, Páginas: 249-262 |
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