Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violenceIn the American legal system valid witness-testimony is supposed to be invariable and unchanging, so defense attorneys highlight seeming inconsistencies in victims accounts to impeach their credibility. This book offers an examination of how and why victims of domestic violence might seem to be changing their stories, in the criminal justice system, which may leave them vulnerable to attack and criticism. Latinas Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violence investigates the discourse of protective order interviews, where women apply for court injunctions to keep abusers away. In these encounters, two different versions of violence, each influenced by a range of ethnolinguistic, intertextual and cultural factors, are always produced. This ethnography of Latina women narrating violence suggests that before victims even get to trial, their testimony involves much more than merely telling the truth. This book provides a unique look at pre-trial testimony as a collaborative and dynamic social and cultural act. |
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... legal system molds cases from their inception. The institutions that constitute and support the Civil and Criminal ... legal account. Specific questions that guide the analysis that follows include: How does the legal system manage ...
... legal system molds cases from their inception. The institutions that constitute and support the Civil and Criminal ... legal account. Specific questions that guide the analysis that follows include: How does the legal system manage ...
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... paralegals, donate their time to help clients apply for these court injunctions. Throughout the U.S., district ... legal aid to indigent clients, who wish to pursue civil, as opposed to criminal, justice. We will see that as a central ...
... paralegals, donate their time to help clients apply for these court injunctions. Throughout the U.S., district ... legal aid to indigent clients, who wish to pursue civil, as opposed to criminal, justice. We will see that as a central ...
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... paralegals in the District Attorney's Office interviewed more survivors daily than did service providers in any other agency. According to annual statistics kept by this D.A.'s office, protective order paralegals interview an average of ...
... paralegals in the District Attorney's Office interviewed more survivors daily than did service providers in any other agency. According to annual statistics kept by this D.A.'s office, protective order paralegals interview an average of ...
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... paralegals send warning letters to alleged abusers stating that the District Attorney's Office has been made aware ... legal remedy the protective order is merely a piece of paper mandating that an abuser stay away from a victim. This ...
... paralegals send warning letters to alleged abusers stating that the District Attorney's Office has been made aware ... legal remedy the protective order is merely a piece of paper mandating that an abuser stay away from a victim. This ...
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... legal language has been criticized (Dumas 2000a, 2000b; Stratman 8r Dahl 1996) for being undemocratic, some of the people for whom it exists tend to find it incomprehensible. Additionally, it has been suggested that legal ideologies ...
... legal language has been criticized (Dumas 2000a, 2000b; Stratman 8r Dahl 1996) for being undemocratic, some of the people for whom it exists tend to find it incomprehensible. Additionally, it has been suggested that legal ideologies ...
Contents
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5 The protective order interview | 87 |
6 Disappearing acts | 121 |
7 Disfigurement and discrepancy | 155 |
8 Transforming domestic violence into narrative syntax | 191 |
9 Beyond the storytelling taboo | 225 |
10 Discrepant versions and the margins | 269 |
References | 279 |
Glossary of legal terms | 295 |
Author index | 301 |
Subject index | 305 |
STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY | 315 |
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