Citation

Wan AM. Violence Against Women 2000; 6(6): 606-632.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/10778010022182056

PMID

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Abstract

Between the months of January and May, 1998, the author spent approximately 150 hours as a legal advocate in a court advocacy program in southeastern Wisconsin that assists battered women obtain restraining orders. This article reports observations of how legal advocates in the program are affecting battered women's lives through their services as well as accounts of battered women's experiences in the court system and responses by court personnel to them. These observations are discussed in relation to existing research and theory on work with battered women and to the social context in which such work occurs.