When "Enough Is Enough": Battered Women's Decision Making around Court Orders of Protection.

Fischer, Carla; Rose, Mary

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ERIC Number: EJ513121

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Publication Date: 1995

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When "Enough Is Enough": Battered Women's Decision Making around Court Orders of Protection.

Fischer, Carla; Rose, Mary

Crime and Delinquency, v41 n4 p414-29 Oct 1995

Discusses factors involved in the decision by battered women to seek court orders of protection. Women seeking such orders confront both tangible and symbolic fears. There are powerful motivations counteracting these fears; in addition, women experience psychological benefits from a sense of gaining some measure of control in their lives. (LKS)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Battered Women, Community Responsibility, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Family Problems, Family Violence, Fear, Intervention, Law Enforcement, Motivation, Self Determination, Sociocultural Patterns, Spouses

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Language: English

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