TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Victim Narratives, Legal Representation, and Domestic Violence Civil Protection Orders
JO  - Feminist criminology
A1  - Durfee, Alesha
SP  - 7
EP  - 31
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the use of legal representation and domestic violence civil protection order hearing outcomes. In most jurisdictions, the protection order process has been bureaucratized and carefully structured to facilitate access for victims without legal representation; however, results of an analysis of protection order cases indicates that even with "victim-friendly" procedures and forms, individuals without legal representation are significantly less likely to have their requests for protection orders granted. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of institutional inequalities in the American legal system.<p />
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SN  - 1557-0851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085108324961
ID  - ref1
ER  -