An Uneasy Alliance: Law Enforcement and Domestic Violence Victim Advocates in a Rural Area

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-353

  Sudderth, Lori K ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; domestic violence; family violence; feminist practice; rural; victim advocates

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549085088     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106293674     Document Type: Article

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55. Lori K. Sudderth is associate professor of sociology and director of the criminal justice program at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Her research interests include domestic violence, sexual assault, and the criminal justice response to violence against women.